OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

Performing Routine Maintenance
36.2.9 Specifying a Home Directory and Login Shell for a Machine
To change an account’s home directory and login shell for a specific machine, create an
override entry with a home directory name and a login shell name. For example, the
following entry changes the home directory and login shell for user mozart’s account:
mozart:::::rondo/mozart:/bin/ksh
36.2.10 Overriding a Principal’s Group Affiliation
To override a principal’s group affiliation, create an override entry that contains the
principal’s name or UNIX ID as a key and the UNIX ID of the group that is to be used as
the override. Use the principal’s name as a key to apply the overrides only to the
account for the principal’s primary name. Use the principal’s UNIX ID as a key to apply
the overrides to all of the principal’s accounts, including any accounts for the principal’s
aliases. For example, the following entry overrides the group that is normally associated
with the account for principal mozart:
mozart:::356:::
This override does not apply to any accounts for any of mozart’s aliases. To apply the
overrides to those accounts, the entry must be keyed by mozart’s UNIX ID (567), as
follows:
::567:356:::
36.2.11 Applying Overrides to All Members of a Group
To apply overrides to all members of a specific group, create an override entry that
contains the group’s UNIX ID as a key and the items to override. For groups, you can
override passwords, GECOS information, home directories, and shells. For example, the
following entry makes /sonata/piano the home directory for all members of the group
that is identified by UNIX ID 356:
:::356::/sonata/piano:
Be sure not to include the principal_name or principal_uid keyfields. If you do, the
principal name or UNIX ID that you supply will be used as a keyfield, and the group
UNIX ID will be used to override that principal’s group affiliations.
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