NIS

[Nobody's Hero]

Hi All,
Getting ready to venture into NIS without much experience. The first thing I am doing is getting all my users on the entire platform, into a file and syncing the id number for each user. Now all users will have the same ID number on each machine. Question is, what command can I use to change a users ID number?
Is there a script I can use?

Thanks,
Bob Menefee

[Peter Kloetgen · Accepted solution]

Hi Robert,

you can use the command:

usermod -u uid username


Allways stay on the bright side of life!

Peter

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Robert,

Try the hp docs site,

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B1031-90048/B1031-90048_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B1031-90048/00/00/19-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B1031-90048/00/00/19-toc.html&searchterms=NIS&queryid=20020221-064515

Here is the manual,

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B1031-90048/B1031-90048.html

Here is a link from itrc,

http://us-support3.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=150c9cd00716241fb1/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000024624829

Hope this helps.

Regds

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Hi Robert:

The simple answer is to edit the passwd file or use vipw - a safer version of the same thing BUT make sure that you have a backup copy of the passwd file AND that you are logged in as root in at least two sessions. That way you can get yourself out of trouble just as fast as you got yourself in.

Don't overlook the fact that you are also going to need to run a find -exec script to change the ownership of files on all your boxes when you change UID's/GID's.

Regards, Clay

[Peter Kloetgen]

Hi Robert,

You can do the same with a script:

usermod -u $1 $2

usage:

scriptname desired_uid desired_user

of course you can also use SAM instead.

Allways stay on the bright side of life!

Peter