ADDING A NEWUSER IN SOLARIS

Defult home directory of normal users in Solaris is /export/home/username

Before creating the user you should create a directory in /export/home/username . Add the user using the following command.


# useradd -d /export/home/user user

The following option can be used with the useradd command.


1. -u 1003—Specifies the UID
2. -g 102—Specifies the GID of the primary group
3. -d /export/home/sandy—Specifies the home directory
4. -s /bin/ksh—Specifies the login shell
5. -m—Creates the home directory specified by the -d option
6. -k /etc/skel—Specifies the location of skeleton files, such as .profile
7. username —Specifies the user name of the account
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# useradd -u 1003 -g 102 -d /export/home/user -s /usr/bin/bash -c "Vasanth" -m -k /etc/skell

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