OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

OSF DCE Administration Guide—Core Components
addition, you must supply your password with the -mypwd option to verify your
identity. If you do not enter your password, dcecp will prompt you. All other attributes
can be allowed to default. Note that the password you type is not displayed on the
screen.
Because you are required to enter your password, you must run the account create
command in interactive mode. You cannot run it in command-line mode where your
password cannot be prevented from displaying on the screen.
The following example shows the dcecp account create command used to create an
account for the principal mahler, which is associated with the group symphonists and
the organization classic. All other account attributes are allowed to default.
dcecp> account create mahler -group symphonists -organization classic \
-mypwd password
Note that it is possible to create multiple accounts with one account create command.
To do so, enclose the names of the principals for whom the accounts are being created in
braces, separated by spaces. For example, to create accounts for the principals bach,
britten, and mahler, you could enter the following:
dcecp> account create {bach britten mahler} -group symphonists \
-organization classic -password music -mypwd password
When you create multiple accounts each account is assigned the same attributes. This
means that, in the example, the accounts for bach, britten, and mahler are all
associated with the symphonists group and classic organization, and they are all
assigned the password music. You may find it useful to create multiple accounts this
way for principals that all belong to the same group and organization. Notify users
whose accounts were created this way to change their passwords immediately.
31.5.4 Modifying Accounts
The dcecp account modify command with the allows you to modify accounts. You can
modify any of the account attributes.
When you modify accounts, you must supply your password with the -mypwd option to
verify your identity. Note that the password you type is not displayed on the screen. If
you do not enter a password, you are prompted for it. Because you are required to enter
your password, you must run the account modify command in interactive mode. You
cannot run it in command-line mode where your password cannot be prevented from
displaying on the screen.
The following example shows how to use the account modify command to specify a
new home directory for mahler’s account:
dcecp> account modify mahler -home /.../music/fs/users/mahler/concert \
-mypwd password
Note that you can also use the -change option with account modify to supply the
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