THE VIRTUAL SERVER HANDBOOK

Managing Users

The Virtual Server Administrator is responsible for the following:

Adding users

Removing users

Modifying user profiles

The following commands deal directly with users and their profiles. Each

command is explained in detail in this chapter:

vadduser

Adds and modifies users.

vlistuser

Lists all users on your Virtual Server.

vrmuser

Removes a specified user.

vpasswd

Changes password for a user.

Adding Users

Use "vadduser" to add users and modify existing users' profiles.

To add a user

1.

From a Telnet prompt, enter "vadduser." This action displays a series of

fields to fill in after beginning with the following command example:

% vadduser

2.

Enter the username

3.

Enter E mail/FTP Password.

4.

Retype new password:

5.

Enter User s Full Name followed by a return. Use less than 80

characters and no  :  characters.

6.

Enter the Account Services that the user's accounts uses, including:

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for uploading/downloading files

E mail services including POP, IMAP, and SMTP

Enter the service name (FTP or Mail) to toggle the services for the

account.

7.

Enter a positive or negative response to the question "Do you want to

add service options like quotas to this account?"

8.

Enter FTP quota for this account in MB (0 for no quota).

9.

Enter a numerical response for the question "Where would you like to

put the user's home directory?"

Enter "1" for an E mail account home directory

(/usr/home/username).

Enter "2" for a web hosted account home directory

(/usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/username).

Enter "3" for an anonymous FTP home directory

(/ftp/pub/username).

10.

Or enter in any custom path.

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