login incorrect problem

Dark_Helmet · 01-10-2005, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by zameer_india
useradd -d /home/zameer99 -g zameer99 -s /bin/bash zameer99
after bash u used zameer99............... why?

The documentation for the useradd program gives this as its usage:

Code:

SYNOPSIS
       useradd [-c comment] [-d home_dir]
               [-e expire_date] [-f inactive_time]
               [-g initial_group] [-G group[,...]]
               [[-M] -m [-k skeleton_dir]] [-o] [-p passwd]
               [-s shell] [-u uid] login

The thing to note is the "login" argument. Everything you see in brackets ( [ ] ) is optional. However, if you use any optional arguments, they must come before "login". You cannot swap them around. You replace login with the user name of the account you're trying to create. Since it doesn't have brackets, you have to give a value for it. You can read the documentation for yourself with: man useradd

I chose zameer99 because your previous posts were adding a number to the end of zameer, and I wanted to use one that you had not tried yet.

zameer_india · 01-10-2005, 10:32 PM

Thanx Helmet...U gave me a gr8 and well descriptive reply.....

with regds,
zameer ahmed syed

denver1980 · 01-11-2005, 12:48 AM

When you add a user with the command add user, the following happens :
- One line is added in /etc/passwd (where a:b:c:d:e:f:g ):
username:x:510:520:comment:/home/dir:/bin/shell
a) username is the name of your user
b) x indicates that you're using /etc/shadow for your passwords
c) 510 is the numerical ID of the user username
d) 520 is the numerical ID of username's group
e) comment is a comment to describe user username (it will appear in the finger command for exemple)
f) /home/dir is the home directory of username
g) /bin/shell is the shell username will be using by default

- One line is added in /etc/group if you didn't use -g under RH (where a:b:c:d ):
groupname:x:520:username2
a) groupname is the name of the group
b) x indicates that you're using /etc/shadow for your passwords
c) 520 is the numerical ID of the group groupname
d) username2 will only appear if you did something like (adduser -g 520 username2)

- One line is added in /etc/shadow (where a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h:i ):
username:*:12791:0:99999:7:::
a) username is the name of the user (matching /etc/passwd)
b) * is the passord encrypted (* means that the account is not active)
c) 12791 is the last time the password has been changed (days since 1 jan,1970)
d) 0 is the number of day before password can be changed (0 indicates anytime)
e) 99999 is the number of day before password expires
f) 7 is the number of days of warning before the password expires
g) number of days after password expires that account is disabled
h) number of days since 1 jan,1970 that an account has been disabled
i) the last field is for a futur use

- The home directory of the user is created and the files in /etc/skel are copied in it. The directory should look like this :
# ls -lad /home/username
drwx------ 2 username usersgroup 1024 jan 10 06:40 /home/username

If not, do the following with the root account :
# chown -R username:usersgroup /home/username
(it will assign the directory and all file in it to username)
# chmod 700 /home/username
(it will give the rights read, write and execute tu username)

Then assigne a password to username :
# passwd username

zameer_india · 01-11-2005, 01:39 AM

hi Denver....

Thanx for Ur complete (100 % ) descritption.... this enhanced my knowledge as well as to be useful for next newbies ..... good work...

--zameer-------------