OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

Chapter 36. Performing Routine Maintenance
This chapter describes security maintenance procedures that should be performed on a
regular basis, such as
• Adding new users to the registry
• Creating overrides for individual machines
• Changing the master key
• Backing up and restoring the database
• Updating the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files so that they are consistent with the
registry
36.1 Adding Accounts
To add new user accounts to the registry, you must have the appropriate permissions to
the registry (see Chapter 41). Once you have the appropriate permissions, you can
proceed as follows to add accounts:
1. If the principal to be used in the account does not already exist, execute the
principal create command to add the principal.
2. Execute the group create command to add the group to be used in the account if
this group does not already exist.
3. Execute the organization create command to add the organization to be used in
the account if this organization does not already exist.
4. Finally, execute the account create command to add the account.
36.2 Overriding Entries in the Local Registry
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