[huskerlug] Re: Easy Question? User alias?
- From: Carl Lundstedt <clundst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 26 Aug 2002 13:29:24 -0400
Got it.
Here's what I did (basically what JR suggested), your mileage may vary
if you wish to do this.
(AS ROOT)
more /etc/passwd
identified the user I wanted to alias, let's say it look like:
hlug1:x:500:500::/home/hlug1:/bin/bash
I then did a:
adduser -u500 hlug2
then, vi /etc/passwd and changed the uid for hlug2 and the home
directory
before: hlug2:x:500:501::/home/hlug2:/bin/bash
after: hlug2:x:500:500::/home/hlug1:/bin/bash
(You should be able to just copy/paste as JR suggested, but I was
working on it when JR's email came in.)
(still as root)
passwd hlug2
NEW Unix password: xxxxxxxx <- set to the same as hlug1
logged out. Now I:
ssh -lhlug2 server.unl.edu
hlug2@server's password: xxxxxxxxx
Last login: Mon Aug 26 12:15:32 2002 from sshclient.unl.edu
[hlug1@server hlug1]$ whoami
hlug1
:)
Carl Lundstedt
UNL
On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 12:56, J.R. Wessels wrote:
>
> I wonder... perhaps copy/pasting the line in the passwd file and just
> changing the user name? The number id, group id and home directory could be
> the same. The file system doesn't store the usernames in the file
> permissions, but uses a number. The number is then referenced for us mere
> humans to use in the passwd and group files.
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