add users using restricted SAM or sudo

[Rick Garland]

Hi all:

LDAP, NIS, NIS+ would be the ideal solution but unfortunately it is not allowed here. (Chalk it up to politics)

Working a script that will allow helpdesk personnel to add users to multiple HPUX systems via a ksh script. I have it done and it is using sudo to complete the task.

I have discovered that the helpdesk personnel use restricted SAM to add users and they go to each individual system to complete the task. They do not have the sudo rights.

My question - can I rework my script to have restricted SAM called from the command line to addusers across an enterprise? What woud be the restricted SAM command?

Thanks

[John Guster]

use restrict SAM is the way to go. To set, sam -r, in the GUI, select the user name for helpdesk, then ground it with accounts for users and groups.

[Rick Garland]

But I do not want ther SAM GUI - add the users via command line