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Chapter 5 Account Management
In the FreeBSD system, the files associated with accounts include /etc/master.passwd;
/etc/spwd.db; /etc/passwd/; /etc/pwd.db; /etc/group; /etc/aliases; /etc/aliases.db; and
/home/quota.user. The directories associated with accounts include /var/mail and /home/usr (a
default directory for the management interface to store user information). Actually, it is no piece of
cake for a UNIX beginner to edit so many files and directories at the same time.
In addition, it takes a long time to add, edit and delete massive accounts by using UNIX
commands. For instance, 1000 accounts generally takes one to two hours to go through process.
With its unique design, our system, however, allows you to handle that part of work simply by
editing the kernel, considerably enhancing the efficiency. With our system, the processing of
1000 – or even 10000 accounts – takes no more than a few seconds to finish, presenting you with
a perfect approach to account management!
After clicking “User” in the “Operator Menu”, a figure will be shown as follows:
(PS: After you finish configuring the system, “rootalias” will be set up automatically as a default
account. This account is mainly used to receive mails for sysop and root; in other words,
whenever there are mails sent to the mailbox of sysop or root, the mails will be delivered to the
rootalias account. Therefore managers are expected to use this account to receive mails. Note:
Now “rootalias” has already hidden, so you can’t see or delete it in User Mannagement.)
Click “User” in the “Operator Menu”, and the system will print out all user lists. Each option
described below allows you to carry out quick setup for the users listed above:
A. Quota: allows you to configure the Disk Quota for the listed users, and to set an upper limit of
the disk space occupied by users in the system. For example, 1024 Kbytes means 1MB
here.
