Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Conﬁguring a System

Controlling Access to a System

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Step 3. Ensure that the user has the appropriate shell start-up ﬁles to execute

when logging in. The three most popular shells in the HP-UX

environment are: POSIX shell, Korn shell, and C shell. Each shell uses

particular start-up ﬁles.

You can create standard start-up ﬁles (templates) that can be copied to

users’ directories. The directory most often used for this purpose is

/etc/skel.

For example:

cp /etc/skel/.profile /users/tom/.profile

Step 4. Change the ownership of the start-up ﬁle to the new user’s account. For

example:

/usr/bin/chown tom .profile

Step 5. Add the user to a primary working group. For example:

/usr/bin/chgrp users tom

Automating the Process of Adding a User

When you have several users to add to a system, you can save time by:

• Using the SAM Template

• Using the useradd Command

Using the SAM

Template

Create a template that contains uniform information about accounts by

initiating SAM and then choosing Users and Groups, pulling down the

Actions menu, and ﬁnally choosing User Templates and Create. Read

the SAM online help for details.

Table 3-3 Start-Up Files

Shell Name Location Start-up Files

POSIX shell /usr/bin/sh,

/sbin/sh

.profile and any ﬁle speciﬁed in

the ENV environment variable

(conventionally .kshrc)

Korn shell /usr/bin/ksh

C shell /usr/bin/csh .login and .cshrc