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<H2 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: always"><A NAME="users"></A>
users</H2>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in">This option is used
to add users to the system.</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western">'users' => [</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'name' =>
'tom',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'uid' =>
'5000',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'gid' =>
'5000',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'realname'
=> 'Tomas Wild',</P>
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<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'pw' =>
'$1$XHDtOdGw$kBibHl2otqOVEnBIumdgR/',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in"><FONT FACE="Times, serif">or</FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'password'
=> 'psbcr!',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'shell' =>
'/bin/bash',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'home' =>
'/home/tom',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'icon' =>
'ic-bird',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'groups' =>
[]</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">}</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western">],</P>
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<P CLASS="headings-special-western">Descriptions:</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'name' </FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=606>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">the log in user name
(REQUIRED). DrakX adds an entry to the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/passwd</FONT>
file using the value specified here, along with <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">uid</FONT>,
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">gid</FONT>, <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">realname</FONT>,
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">home</FONT> and <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">shell</FONT>.
See <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">man passwd</FONT>.</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'uid'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=606>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">user id number
(optional, if omitted then the default begins at the value for
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">USER</FONT> in the file
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/defaults/useradd</FONT> and
increments for each successive user).
</P>
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<TD WIDTH=241 HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'gid' </FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=606>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">group ID number
(optional, if omitted then the default begins at the value for
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">GROUP</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">
</FONT>in the file <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/defaults/useradd</FONT>
and increments for each successive user). DrakX updates the
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/group</FONT> file with an
entry containing a group name, the same as <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'name'</FONT>
above, and the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'gid'</FONT>
specified here or automatically generated.</P>
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<TD WIDTH=241 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'realname'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=606>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">usually the user's
full name, but can be anything you want. (optional, can be
omitted)</P>
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<TD WIDTH=241 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><IMG SRC="AutoInstall-10.0.3_html_m199b468e.png" NAME="Graphic42" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=29 HEIGHT=28 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><B>NOTE</B>: use
either <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'pw'</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">
o</FONT>r <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'password'</FONT> - but
<B>NOT</B> both.</P>
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<TD WIDTH=241 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'pw'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=606>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this is the encrypted
form of the password. Its contents are dependent on the
<A HREF="section4-2.html#authentication"><B><I>authentication</I></B></A> used.
If using MD5 and Shadow, then copy it from <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/shadow</FONT>.</P>
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<TD WIDTH=241 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'password'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=606>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this is the clear text
form of the password. Just what ever you want.
</P>
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<TD WIDTH=241 HEIGHT=119>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'shell'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=606>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">the path name and
shell program to use when a user logs in. (Optional, defaults to
<BR><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/bin/bash</FONT>) but may be
one of:</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in; margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/bin/bash</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in; margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/bin/csh</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in; margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/bin/sh</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/bin/ksh</FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'home'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=606>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">where the users home
directory is. (Optional, defaults to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/home/<name></FONT>
).</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'icon'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=606>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, is the
filename (no extension) containing the desired icon. These icons
are located in: <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/usr/share/mdk/faces</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">.</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'groups' </FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=606>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, is a list
of supplemental groups that this user is to be added to. You may
specify either numeric gid's or text group names. DrakX will
automatically add the user to the groups listed and remove the
user from any groups not listed. <B>NOTE</B>: the group name or
gid listed must already exist in the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/group</FONT>
file.</P>
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<P CLASS="western">DrakX's default for the text group name is to use
the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'name' </FONT>value. This option
works OK if you do not want specific text names for the GID.
However, if you do want specific text names, then add the users that
you want and modify the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/group</FONT>
file manually after the system is started. Alternately, you could
use the <A HREF="section4-25.html#postInstall_and_postInstallNonRooted"><B><I><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'postInstall'</FONT></I></B></A>
option to automate the fix up.</P>
<P CLASS="headings-special-western">Examples:</P>
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<P CLASS="closecode-western">'users' => [], means do not
create any user accounts.</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
</P>
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<P CLASS="western">An example to illustrate the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'groups'</FONT>
feature:</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
</P>
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<P CLASS="closecode-western">'users' => [</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">{</P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'name' =>
'tom',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'uid' =>
'5000',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'gid' =>
'5000',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'realname'
=> 'Tomas Wild',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'pw' =>
'$1$XHDtOdGw$kBibHl2otqOVEnBIumdgR/',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'shell' =>
'/bin/bash',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'home' =>
'/home/tom',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'icon' =>
'ic-fish',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'groups'
=> [ 'disk', '80' ]</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">}</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western">],</P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.15in">A
simple example to add new groups (no user) and then add a user to the
new groups, change and existing group name to a different name:</P>
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<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'postInstall'
=> "</P>
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<P CLASS="closecode-western"># add some groups</P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="closecode-western">groupadd -g 4001 g_special</P>
</TD>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western">groupadd -g 4002 g_new_special</P>
</TD>
</TR>
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<P CLASS="closecode-western">usermod -G
special,new_special,disk,80 tom</P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="closecode-western">groupmod -n g_david david</P>
</TD>
</TR>
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<P CLASS="closecode-western">"</P>
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<P CLASS="headings-special-western">Related Option Entries:</P>
<P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-2.html#authentication"><B><I>authentication</I></B></A>,
<A HREF="section4-4.html#autologin"><B><I>autologin</I></B></A>, <A HREF="#superuser"><B><I>superuser</I></B></A>,
<A HREF="section4-25.html#postInstall_and_postInstallNonRooted"><B><I>postInstall</I></B></A></P>
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