[huskerlug] Re: Easy Question? User alias?
- From: Ben Chavet <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 04:05:38 -0500
heh, guess I was wrong :o)
--Ben Chavet
Quoting Carl Lundstedt <clundst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> 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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