AIX has the concept of "roles". Give any user the role "ManageAllUsers" (you may also have to put them into the "security" group) and they will be allowed to run the chuser/mkuser/pwdadm programs. AIX also provides a subroutine putuserpw (and a matching getuserpw) that allows you to set passwords non-interactively.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Schexnayder Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 10:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [U2] Creating AIX Users for UniVerse Hi Gals and Guys, We would like to release a administrative tool for our UniVerse/AIX (and SCO) users which would allow them to create users on Unix and set their passwords. Many of our users do not have IT staff and only do system management in Unix when they have to. In reviewing the AIX documentation, I cannot find a way around setting the password that is not interactive. In addition, the documentation states that other users can be promoted to superuser. Has anyone done this for the purpose of creating users. Are there any disadvantages to doing this? Ultimately, we would like an administrative user (other than root) to be able to fill out a VB screen and upon acceptance, have it create a functioning Unix user ready for login. Thanks, Dave Schexnayder. :-) Cheetah Advanced Technologies, Inc. ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
