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A
- adding
- groups
- through the CLI
How to Add a Group
- roles
- through the CLI
How to Add a User
- with the User Manager GUI
How to Modify a User or Role With the User Manager GUI
Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Users and Roles by Using the User Manager GUI
- user initialization files
Bash and ksh93 User Initialization Files
- users
- through the CLI
How to Add a User
- with the User Manager GUI
How to Modify a User or Role With the User Manager GUI
Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Users and Roles by Using the User Manager GUI
- administering
- accounts
How to Change Account Defaults For All Roles
- groups
How to Add a Group
- users
How to Delete a User
How to Add a User
- advanced settings
- administering with the User Manager GUI
Assigning Advanced Attributes With the User Manager GUI
- aging user passwords
Where User Account and Group Information Is Stored
- aliases
- not using user login names for
User (Login) Names
- assigning
- with the User Manager GUI
- authorizations
Assigning Authorizations With the User Manager GUI
- groups
Assigning Groups With the User Manager GUI
- rights profiles
Assigning Rights Profiles With the User Manager GUI
- roles
Assigning Roles With the User Manager GUI
- authorizations
- assigning with the User Manager GUI
Assigning Authorizations With the User Manager GUI
- automounting user home directories
User's Work Environment
B
- bash shells
- customizing
Customizing the Bash Shell
- displaying
- environment variables in
Bash and Korn Shell Environment Variables
- user command history
Bash and ksh93 Shell History
- bin group
User ID Numbers
C
- .cshrc file
- customizing
.profile File
- C shell
- user initialization files and
.profile File
- CDPATH environment variable
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- changing
- account defaults
How to Change Account Defaults For All Roles
- changing credentials with the User Manager GUI
Assuming a Role
- controlling file and directory access
Default File Permissions (umask)
- customizing
- bash shell
Customizing the Bash Shell
D
- daemon group
User ID Numbers
- defaults
- file permissions
Default File Permissions (umask)
- name service scope and filter
Filtering the Information Displayed in the GUI
- setting for users and roles
How to Change Account Defaults For All Roles
- deleting
- roles
- with the User Manager GUI
Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Users and Roles by Using the User Manager GUI
- users
- using the CLI
How to Delete a User
- with the User Manager GUI
Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Users and Roles by Using the User Manager GUI
- directories
- controlling access to
Default File Permissions (umask)
- home
Home Directories- changing default
How to Change Account Defaults For All Roles
- sharing a ZFS file system
How to Share Home Directories That Are Created as ZFS File Systems
- PATH environment variable and
PATH Environment Variable
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- skeleton
Bash and ksh93 User Initialization Files
- displaying the user mask
Default File Permissions (umask)
E
- /etc/passwd file
Fields in the passwd File
Where User Account and Group Information Is Stored
- description
Where User Account and Group Information Is Stored
- user ID number assignment and
Reserved UID Numbers
- /etc/shadow file
- description
Where User Account and Group Information Is Stored
- /etc files
- user account information and
Naming Services
Naming Services
- /export/home file system
Home Directories
- encryption
Where User Account and Group Information Is Stored
- environment variables See Also
variables- displaying in bash shell
Bash and Korn Shell Environment Variables
- displaying in ksh93 shell
Bash and Korn Shell Environment Variables
- establishing persistent
Bash and Korn Shell Environment Variables
- LOGNAME
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- PATH
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- SHELL
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- TZ
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
F
- file permissions
- default
Default File Permissions (umask)
- files
- controlling access to
Default File Permissions (umask)
G
- group ID numbers
UNIX Groups
UNIX Groups
Using Large User IDs and Group IDs
User ID Numbers
- group file
- description
Where User Account and Group Information Is Stored
- fields in
Fields in the group File
- groupadd command
How to Add a Group
Commands Used to Manage Users, Roles, and Groups
- groupdel command
Commands Used to Manage Users, Roles, and Groups
- groupmod command
Commands Used to Manage Users, Roles, and Groups
- groups
- adding
How to Add a Group
- assigning with the User Manager GUI
Assigning Groups With the User Manager GUI
- changing primary
UNIX Groups
- default
UNIX Groups
- description
UNIX Groups
- displaying groups a user belongs to
UNIX Groups
- guidelines for managing
UNIX Groups
UNIX Groups
- ID numbers
UNIX Groups
UNIX Groups
User ID Numbers
- names
UNIX Groups
- naming services and
UNIX Groups
- primary
UNIX Groups
UNIX Groups
- secondary
UNIX Groups
UNIX Groups
- storage of information for
Fields in the group File
Where User Account and Group Information Is Stored
- UNIX
UNIX Groups
- groups command
UNIX Groups
H
- /home file system
- user home directories and
Home Directories
- home directories See
user home directories
- HOME environment variable
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
I
- ID numbers
- group
UNIX Groups
UNIX Groups
User ID Numbers
- user
Reserved UID Numbers
User ID Numbers
- initialization files
- system
User's Work Environment
K
- ksh93 shells
- displaying
- environment variables in
Bash and Korn Shell Environment Variables
- user command history
Bash and ksh93 Shell History
- user initialization files and
Bash and ksh93 User Initialization Files
L
- .login file
- customizing
.profile File
- LANG environment variable
Locale Variables
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- LC environment variables
Locale Variables
- LDAP
- filter users by their name service scope and type
- using User Manager GUI
Filtering the Information Displayed in the GUI
- locale environment variable
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- login
- options during shutdown
Expanded Login Options During Shutdown
- login names (user)
- description
User (Login) Names
- LOGNAME environment variable
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
M
- mail aliases
- not using user login names for
User (Login) Names
- MAIL environment variable
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- MANPATH environment variable
MANPATH Environment Variable
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- maximums
- secondary groups users can belong to
UNIX Groups
- user ID number
User ID Numbers
- user login name length
Guidelines for Assigning User Names, User IDs, and Group IDs
- minimums
- user login name length
Guidelines for Assigning User Names, User IDs, and Group IDs
- mounting
- user home directories
Manually Mounting a User's Home Directory
User's Work Environment
N
- name service scope and type
- User Manager GUI
Filtering the Information Displayed in the GUI
- names
- group
UNIX Groups
- user login
User (Login) Names
- naming services
- filtering users by scope and type using User Manager GUI
Filtering the Information Displayed in the GUI
- groups and
UNIX Groups
- user accounts and
Where User Account and Group Information Is Stored
Naming Services
Naming Services
- newgrp command
UNIX Groups
- NIS
- user accounts and
Where User Account and Group Information Is Stored
Naming Services
- NIS and user accounts
Naming Services
- noaccess user/group
User ID Numbers
- nobody user/group
User ID Numbers
P
- .profile file
- customizing
.profile File
- passwd command
- assigning user password with
How to Add a User
- unlocking user
How to Unlock a User Account
- passwd file
- fields in
Default passwd File Entries
Fields in the passwd File
- user ID number assignment and
Reserved UID Numbers
- passwords (user)
- aging
Where User Account and Group Information Is Stored
- assigning to users
How to Add a User
- encryption
Where User Account and Group Information Is Stored
- precautions
User Passwords
- PATH environment variable
PATH Environment Variable
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- permissions
- file defaults
Default File Permissions (umask)
- primary groups
UNIX Groups
UNIX Groups
- PS1 environment variable
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- pseudo user logins
Reserved UID Numbers
- pseudo-ttys
Reserved UID Numbers
R
- removing
- user's home directory
How to Delete a User
- with the User Manager GUI
- authorizations
Assigning Authorizations With the User Manager GUI
- groups
Assigning Groups With the User Manager GUI
- rights profiles
Assigning Rights Profiles With the User Manager GUI
- roles
Assigning Roles With the User Manager GUI
- rights profiles
- assigning with the User Manager GUI
Assigning Rights Profiles With the User Manager GUI
- roleadd command
Commands Used to Manage Users, Roles, and Groups- setting account defaults
How to Change Account Defaults For All Roles
- roledel command
Commands Used to Manage Users, Roles, and Groups
- rolemod command
Commands Used to Manage Users, Roles, and Groups
- roles
- assigning with the User Manager GUI
Assigning Roles With the User Manager GUI
S
- secondary groups
UNIX Groups
UNIX Groups
- security
- recent changes
Security Changes That Affect User Account Management
- user ID number reuse and
Reserved UID Numbers
- settings
- administering with the User Manager GUI
Assigning Advanced Attributes With the User Manager GUI
- shadow file
- description
Where User Account and Group Information Is Stored
- fields in
Fields in the shadow File
- SHELL environment variable
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- shells
- displaying environment variables in
Bash and Korn Shell Environment Variables
- user initialization files and
.profile File
- site initialization files
Using Site Initialization Files
- skeleton directories (/etc/skel)
Bash and ksh93 User Initialization Files
- staff group
UNIX Groups
- starting the User Manager GUI
How to Start the User Manager GUI
- stty command
Locale Variables
- system accounts
User ID Numbers
- system initialization files
User's Work Environment
T
- TERM environment variable
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- TERMINFO environment variable
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- time zone environment variable
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- ttys (pseudo)
Reserved UID Numbers
- ttytype pseudo user logins
Reserved UID Numbers
- TZ environment variable
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
U
- UIDs
- assigning
Reserved UID Numbers
- definition
User ID Numbers
- large
Using Large User IDs and Group IDs
- umask command
Default File Permissions (umask)
- UNIX groups
UNIX Groups
- unlocking
- users
- using the CLI
How to Unlock a User Account
- user accounts
What Are User Accounts and Groups?- description
User Account Components
What Are User Accounts and Groups?
- gathering information for
Gathering User Information
- guidelines for
User's Work Environment
- ID numbers
Reserved UID Numbers
User ID Numbers
- login names
User (Login) Names
- naming services and
Where User Account and Group Information Is Stored
Naming Services
Naming Services
- storage of information for
Naming Services
Naming Services
- user home directories
- automounting
User's Work Environment
- customized initialization files in
Bash and ksh93 User Initialization Files
- description
Home Directories
- mounting
Manually Mounting a User's Home Directory
- nonlocal reference to ($HOME)
Avoiding Local System References
Home Directories
- removing
How to Delete a User
How to Delete a User
- user ID numbers
Reserved UID Numbers
User ID Numbers
- user initialization files
- customizing
.profile File
About the User Work Environment
- adding customized files
Bash and ksh93 User Initialization Files
- avoiding local system references
Avoiding Local System References
- overview
Bash and ksh93 User Initialization Files
- shell variables
Shell and Environment Variable Descriptions
- site initialization files
Using Site Initialization Files
- user mask setting
Default File Permissions (umask)
- description
User's Work Environment
User's Work Environment
- shells and
.profile File
- user login names
- description
User (Login) Names
- user logins (pseudo)
Reserved UID Numbers
- User Manager GUI
- adding roles with
Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Users and Roles by Using the User Manager GUI
- adding users with
Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Users and Roles by Using the User Manager GUI
- as Visual Panels interface
Introducing the User Manager GUI
- assigning advanced settings with
Assigning Advanced Attributes With the User Manager GUI
- assigning authorizations with
Assigning Authorizations With the User Manager GUI
- assigning groups with
Assigning Groups With the User Manager GUI
- assigning rights profiles with
Assigning Rights Profiles With the User Manager GUI
- assigning roles with
Assigning Roles With the User Manager GUI
- changing credentials with
Assuming a Role
- deleting users or roles with
How to Delete a User or Role With the User Manager GUI
- displaying default name service scope and type with
Filtering the Information Displayed in the GUI
- how to start
How to Start the User Manager GUI
- main panel in
Organization of the User Manager Dialog Box
- modifying users or roles with
How to Modify a User or Role With the User Manager GUI
- panel components in
Organization of the User Manager Dialog Box
- user mask
Default File Permissions (umask)
- user packages
- identifying users
Identifying Users by Packages
- useradd command
Commands Used to Manage Users, Roles, and Groups- adding user
How to Add a User
- setting account defaults
How to Change Account Defaults For All Roles
- userdel command
Commands Used to Manage Users, Roles, and Groups- deleting user
How to Delete a User
- usermod command
Commands Used to Manage Users, Roles, and Groups
- users
- adding
How to Delete a User
How to Add a User
- assigning authorizations for
Assigning Authorizations With the User Manager GUI
- assigning rights profiles for
Assigning Rights Profiles With the User Manager GUI
- assigning roles to
Assigning Roles With the User Manager GUI
- assigning to groups
Assigning Groups With the User Manager GUI
- managing in Ops Center
Managing Users With Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center
- removing
How to Delete a User or Role With the User Manager GUI
- removing home directories
How to Delete a User
- setting account defaults
How to Change Account Defaults For All Roles
- unlocking
How to Unlock a User Account
- uucp group
Reserved UID Numbers
V
- variables See Also
environment variables- in Oracle Solaris
Bash and Korn Shell Environment Variables
- shell (local) variables
Bash and Korn Shell Environment Variables
- types of
Bash and Korn Shell Environment Variables
- Visual Panels
- User Manager GUI based on
Introducing the User Manager GUI
Z
- ZFS file systems
- sharing
Sharing ZFS File Systems
- user accounts as
Guidelines for Setting Up User Accounts
- user home directory as a child ZFS dataset
Guidelines for Setting Up User Accounts