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Generic Account Information

Introduction / Philosophy

  • Creating ESO Accounts
  • Creating VLT Accounts

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    NIS, NIS ...

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  • Creating accounts - for all users
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    As root on nfs2 run /usr/server/newuser and follow the prompts. If the user requires adding to any mailing lists ....

  • Creating accounts - for VLT users

    • Then create an account on all the VLT machines. There is a script on nfs2:~ahuxley/dev/add_vlt_user/add_vlt_user which can be run as root which will do this for you. It takes one parameter which is a string that if grep'ed for in the ESO NIS domain's YP passwd database will extract the user concerned.

  • Creating accounts - for other "domains"

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