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Chapter 8
Administrative Tasks
This chapter is primarily intended for system administrators, but experienced users
who have root privileges may also find this information useful. This chapter intro-
duces the following administrative tasks:
• Creating new user accounts
• Creating, changing, or setting new passwords
• Modifying your environment
• Shutting down
• Troubleshooting
Creating New User Accounts
You can create new user accounts via command line or menu driven processes. The
command line process requires a solid understanding of HP-UX and can be over-
whelming for a new user. The fast and easy process is to use the System Administra-
tion Manager (SAM) to create new user accounts. SAM is a menu-driven process
that is easier to use than creating a new account via the command line process. You
can use SAM to perform most system administrative tasks.
Refer to HP-UX System Administration Tasks for information on how to add new user
accounts from the command line and SAM.