topic Re: SAM user account in Operating System - HP-UX

SAM user account

Teck Sim — Tue, 18 Dec 2001 20:37:36 GMT

I don't know what the terminology for my problem, but apparently, users whom I created through SAM, not only can access to A server of which I created through SAM, but they also can log in to other servers even though they have no home directory there.

I log on to SAM on "A" server, and clicked on NIS Users to create a new user. I click on Option, and Add, and also create default home directory. Default start up program is /usr/bin/sh, and set the password, and click OK.
The following message appears "One of more changes were made in the Users and Groups area that will result in changes to the NIS maps", and I clicked YES.

Now, when I go to another server "B", and I can log in and move around the operating system without a home directory, and I am able to create a file or something.

Is there any way I can restrict any access to other server except the server "A" where I ran SAM to create this user?

Thanks in advance.

Teck.

Re: SAM user account

Jeff Machols — Tue, 18 Dec 2001 20:42:39 GMT

you need create a local user, not an NIS user

Re: SAM user account

Helen French — Tue, 18 Dec 2001 20:52:38 GMT

hey,

Once you enter the User window in SAM, select "local users" instead of "NIS users". This will create a local user for ur system.

HTH,
Shiju

Re: SAM user account

Sanjay_6 — Tue, 18 Dec 2001 22:16:57 GMT

Hi Teck,

Try this link,

http://us-support3.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=c9ceb685031c3cbd5e/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000026600846

Alternately you can add a user as local user and not as NIS user. For that the user entry should be available onlt in the /etc/passwd file of that system and not in the password map of NIS.

Hope this helps.

regds

Re: SAM user account

Teck Sim — Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:25:26 GMT

1)I only have Group and NIS users icons in SAM.

2)I created a test.sh with the work around code:
if [ ! -d $HOME ]
then
echo "Cannot cd to $HOME....exiting"
echo "exit"
fi

but it didn't exit or log out the user.

3)Which .profile should I edit?

Please help.
Thanks.

Teck

Re: SAM user account

Jeff Machols — Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:28:12 GMT

you can put it in /etc/profile (no dot). you can create a local user by running the useradd command.

Re: SAM user account

Helen French — Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:28:41 GMT

hey,

U can create local user with 'useradd' command. It will create a local user.

see man useradd

HTH,
Shiju

Re: SAM user account

Sanjay_6 — Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:39:17 GMT

Hi Teck,

This should be done in /etc/profile

Hope this helps.

Regds

Re: SAM user account

Teck Sim — Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:49:10 GMT

Since all my user accounts (more than 100) were created in NIS users in SAM in Server A, is there anyway at all I can log out users from entering to other servers?
I have try the work around script, and edited in /etc/profile, and it doesn't not log out users from entering to the server, like the OS level.
Anyone can help?

Thanks.

Re: SAM user account

Steve Miller_4 — Thu, 20 Dec 2001 23:39:49 GMT

Your test script has:

echo "exit"

instead of just:

exit

Try putting it in /etc/profile. It should work just fine. I just tested it.

Good luck,
Steve

Re: SAM user account

Teck Sim — Fri, 21 Dec 2001 13:13:45 GMT

Thank you so much to all. Everything is working just fine now.
Have a wonderful holiday!