HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Configuration Management

Leave Files Undisturbed None of the files or directories owned by the
user on the system will be modified, except
that listings will show the user ID, not the
user name.
Remove from User's Home
Directory Only
All the files owned by the user beneath the
user’s home directory will be deleted. The
home directory and subdirectories owned
by the user will be deleted if they are empty.
None of the files or directories owned by the
user elsewhere on the system will be
modified, except that listings will show the
user ID, not the user name.
Remove from All Local File
Systems
All files owned by the user will be deleted.
All directories owned by the user, including
the home directory, will be deleted if they
are empty.
Reassign to a Specified
User
You are prompted to enter a current login
user name.
All the files and directories owned by the
user will have their owner set to the named
user.
5. (Optional) Select Preview to see the commands that will remove the account. Press
OK to continue.
6. Select Delete to delete the user or Cancel to quit the process.
7. HP SMH removes the account entry from /etc/passwd and deletes or changes
ownership of files and directories as described above.
8. When the process completes, you are returned to the Local User or NIS User
listing.
Adding a Group with Text-Based HP SMH
1. Start HP SMH, as described in “Starting Text-Based HP SMH” (page 30).
2. Press u to select Accounts for Users and Groups.
3. Press g to select View or Configure Groups.
The current list of groups is displayed with columns for the group name, the group
ID, and the user names that have the group as a secondary group.
4. Press a, Add Group, and fill in the blanks.
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