UserAdm Command Overview

new
The program used to gather account information from the user and create an account request. Depending on your local configuration, it may also cause the user account to be automatically created on the system.

approve
After an account request has been logged, the system administrator uses the approve command to create an account.

pre-approve
is used to create database entries for users who are not registered students, faculty, or staff at Boston University. If a user has been pre-approved, his/her account will automatically be created when he/she runs new. Special privileges are required to run pre-approve.

validate
is used to check all users in /etc/passwd against information in the global UID server. It checks for "dead" accounts and verifies that your passwd file is GUID compliant.

deliver
is used to send a copy of the /etc/passwd file to the global UID server. deliver is normally run nightly out of cron.

adduser
creates a user account on the local system. adduser is a perl script that can be modified to suit the needs of your local installation.

batch-new
is a migration tool for departments that are not global UID compliant. It allocates global UIDs to users who do not have them and creates template passwd file entries.

chownall
is a migration tool for departments that are not global UID compliant. After a passwd file has been converted to global UID compliance, chownall can be used to change the UIDs on files throughout a system.

Files

config
Controls the operation of the new program.

user_info
The user_info file contains information about account requests entered through new. The information in this file is used by the approve program.

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