Machine Administration Guide 2.6

4.29 scfuser (1M)

Name

scfuser - operates XSCF user account

Format

/usr/sbin/FJSVmadm/scfuser useradd -g group-name user-name
/usr/sbin/FJSVmadm/scfuser userdel user-name
/usr/sbin/FJSVmadm/scfuser passwd user-name
/usr/sbin/FJSVmadm/scfuser setpass user-name new-password

Function

The scfuser command adds or deletes the XSCF user account or changes the password of the XSCF user. The scfuser actions are controlled by the subcommand argument.

Subcommands

The following subcommands are supported:

useradd -g group-name user-name

Adds a new user account to the XSCF for the name specified with user-name. Up to 8 alpha-numeric characters can be specified for the user-name. The group-name specifies the group name which the new user belongs to. Specify either "root" or "others" for the group-name. Up to eight users can be registered in the XSCF.

userdel user-name

Deletes the account associated with the user-name from the XSCF.

passwd user-name

Changes the password of the account for the name specified with user-name. The scfuser command prompts for the new password twice. The password must be between 8 and 16 characters in length. Alpha-numeric and graphical characters can be used in the password.

setpass user-name new-password

Changes the password of the account for the name specified with user-name to new-password. The new-password must be between 8 and 16 characters in length. Alpha-numeric and graphical characters can be used in the password.

End status

The scfuser command exits with one of the following values:
0: Success.
Other than 0: An error occurred.