RIMAS for UNIX Software

To: All Users of SCO OpenServer Unix Operating System

From: The SHARED LOGIC Group, Inc.

Re: Adding a New Account (i.e., User)

Date: April 3, 2002

This basic procedure can be used to add a new account, or user, to your SCO OpenServer 5 system.

1. Open MULTISCREEN 2, by depressing [Ctrl][Alt][F2]. This will take you to the graphical user interface to SCO OpenServer 5. If it does not, the graphical interface has not been installed on your system and this procedure cannot be used without changes.

2. Log in as “root”, with your password for this system administration level account. Continue last session and [OK] the interface startup process. A desktop with many icons is displayed.

3. Double-click the “Account Manager” icon. This will start the program that is used to manage all of the users on your system.

a. In the Menu Bar, click on Users, then Add New User. Or you can click the icon in the button bar that shows the outline of a person with two plus signs (++). A screen is displayed on which you will enter the information for a new user.

b. Enter the new user’s login. This is usually the person’s name, initials, or something that clearly identifies the person who will be using the system.

c. The User ID is a number assigned by the system. Do not change this number.

d. You may enter a comment, perhaps including the person's full name.

e. Make sure that Set Password Now is checked. Actually, you will enter the password on the next screen.

f. The value “sh” will display as the Shell for the user. You can leave this default value, or click the button to change the shell. If the new user will always be in a Shared Logic program, the “sh” shell is fine. However, if the user will be allowed access to the Unix command prompt, change the shell to “ksh”.

g. The Home directory will be in the /usr directory and a folder with the same name as the login. We recommend that you not change this entry.

h. The Group assigned to the user will probably be “group”. This is fine for a typical user of Shared Logic software. All of your users of Shared Logic software should be assigned the same group, and that group should be the same as that used by the “slg” login.

i. Review and then [OK] your entries.

j. Another form will be displayed on top of this new user form just completed. This new form is used to enter the password for the new user.

1) Make sure that Enter a New Password is checked. You may also want to check the option that requires the new user to change the password upon the first login.

2) Enter the password. Nothing will be displayed as you type.

3) Confirm the password by entering it again. Nothing will be displayed.

4) Click [OK] to confirm your entries.

4. Close the Account Manager form. This can be done by clicking Host and then Exit in the menu bar.

5. Now open a UNIX window, by double-clicking its icon on the desktop. You will use this form to establish the profile for the new user. All commands are ended by depressing the [Enter] key.

a. Change to the new user’s home directory by typing “cd /usr/login”, where login is replaced by the one you entered above.

b. Copy a profile from a known, fully functional user’s home directory to this new user’s home directory. For example, if you have a login of “coil” or “scrap” that is set up as this new user is to be set up, you may copy that setup. To do so, you enter the command “cp ../coil/.profile .” or “cp ../scrap/.profile .”

c. If any changes are necessary to the new user’s .profile, make these changes now. This requires knowledge of “vi” or another editing tool/method, and is beyond the scope of this document. You may refer to Shared Logic’s document “User Configurable Menus” for a discussion of many aspects of the user’s .profile.

d. If you chose to use the “ksh” shell when setting up the new user, also enter “cp ../slg/.kshrc .” and “cp ../slg/.exrc .” to copy these setup files to the new user.

e. Enter “exit” to close this UNIX window.

The setup of the new user is complete. Test the setup by logging in as the new user to make sure it works, as you desire. Remember that you may have chosen to require that the operator change the password upon first logging in.