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2. Make a home directory tor the new user, with the same name
specified in field 6 of the
/etc/passwd
entry, and set the protections
and ownership of the new directory. Typically, all users’ home
directories are made subdirectories of the directory
/usr/people
.
The
mkdir
(1) command creates the new directory.
mkdir /usr/people/jose
The
chgrp
(1) command changes the group to which the directory
belongs. The example below puts the directory
/usr/people/jose
in the
group
user
.
chgrp user /usr/people/jose
The
chmod
(1) command sets the protection parameters on a file or
directory. The example below sets protection codes to allow only
the owner to create files in the directory. All users may read the file
and search the directory. Protection parameters can be set only by
the super-user or by the owner of the file or directory.
chmod 755 /usr/people/jose
The
chown
(1) command changes the ownership of the directory. The
ownership of a directory can be set only by the superuser. The
example above establishes
jose
as the owner of the directory
/usr/people/jose
.
chown jose /usr/people/jose
3. Jose is a member of group
user
by virtue of his
/etc/passwd
entry. He
can be in other groups as well, defined by /etc/
group
, To include the
new user in groups other than
user
, edit the file
/etc/group
, Entries to
this file are optional. See
group
(4) for more information.
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