Wednesday 1 February 2012

Linux - Manually and automatically adding system users


Please view this link for an indepth guide on how to add system users to /etc/passwd
http://floppix.ccai.com/adduser.html

Please Note

[root@server seantest]# passwd seantest
Changing password for user seantest.
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error


If u are running shadowed passwords there might be no entry for this user.


1. Make a backup of /etc/shadow
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  1. cp /etc/shadow /etc/shadow.backup
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2. Delete /etc/shadow
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  1. rm /etc/shadow
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3. Convert /etc/passwd using password convert
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  1. pwconv
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And the same for groups...

1. Make a backup of /etc/gshadow
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  1. cp /etc/gshadow /etc/gshadow.backup
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2. Delete /etc/gshadow
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  1. rm /etc/gshadow
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3. Convert /etc/group using group convert
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  1. grpconv
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