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If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] .TH ROLEADD 1M "Feb 21, 2006" .SH NAME roleadd \- administer a new role account on the system .SH SYNOPSIS .LP .nf \fBroleadd\fR [\fB-c\fR \fIcomment\fR] [\fB-d\fR \fIdir\fR] [\fB-e\fR \fIexpire\fR] [\fB-f\fR \fIinactive\fR] [\fB-g\fR \fIgroup\fR] [\fB-G\fR \fIgroup\fR [, \fIgroup\fR...]] [\fB-m\fR [\fB-k\fR \fIskel_dir\fR]] [\fB-u\fR \fIuid\fR [\fB-o\fR]] [\fB-s\fR \fIshell\fR] [\fB-A\fR \fIauthorization\fR [,\fIauthorization...\fR]] [\fB-K\fR \fIkey=value\fR] \fIrole\fR .fi .LP .nf \fBroleadd\fR \fB-D\fR [\fB-b\fR \fIbase_dir\fR] [\fB-e\fR \fIexpire\fR] [\fB-f\fR \fIinactive\fR] [\fB-g\fR \fIgroup\fR] [\fB-A\fR \fIauthorization\fR [,\fIauthorization...\fR]] [\fB-P\fR \fIprofile\fR [,\fIprofile...\fR] [\fB-K\fR \fIkey=value\fR]] .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .sp .LP \fBroleadd\fR adds a role entry to the \fB/etc/passwd\fR and \fB/etc/shadow\fR and \fB/etc/user_attr\fR files. The \fB-A\fR and \fB-P\fR options respectively assign authorizations and profiles to the role. Roles cannot be assigned to other roles. The \fB-K\fR option adds a \fIkey=value\fR pair to \fB/etc/user_attr\fR for a role. Multiple \fIkey=value\fR pairs can be added with multiple \fB-K\fR options. .sp .LP \fBroleadd\fR also creates supplementary group memberships for the role (\fB-G\fR option) and creates the home directory (\fB-m\fR option) for the role if requested. The new role account remains locked until the \fBpasswd\fR(1) command is executed. .sp .LP Specifying \fBroleadd\fR \fB-D\fR with the \fB-g\fR, \fB-b\fR, \fB-f\fR, \fB-e\fR, or \fB-K\fR option (or any combination of these option) sets the default values for the respective fields. See the \fB-D\fR option. Subsequent \fBroleadd\fR commands without the \fB-D\fR option use these arguments. .sp .LP The system file entries created with this command have a limit of 512 characters per line. Specifying long arguments to several options can exceed this limit. .sp .LP The role (\fBrole\fR) field accepts a string of no more than eight bytes consisting of characters from the set of alphabetic characters, numeric characters, period (\fB\&.\fR), underscore (\fB_\fR), and hyphen (\fB-\fR). The first character should be alphabetic and the field should contain at least one lower case alphabetic character. A warning message is written if these restrictions are not met. A future Solaris release might refuse to accept role fields that do not meet these requirements. .sp .LP The \fBrole\fR field must contain at least one character and must not contain a colon (\fB:\fR) or a newline (\fB\en\fR). .SH OPTIONS .sp .LP The following options are supported: .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-A\fR \fIauthorization\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n One or more comma separated authorizations defined in \fBauth_attr\fR(4). Only a user or role who has grant rights to the authorization can assign it to an account .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-b\fR \fIbase_dir\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n The default base directory for the system if \fB-d\fR\fI dir\fR is not specified. \fIbase_dir\fR is concatenated with the account name to define the home directory. If the \fB-m\fR option is not used, \fIbase_dir\fR must exist. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-c\fR \fIcomment\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n Any text string. It is generally a short description of the role. This information is stored in the role's \fB/etc/passwd\fR entry. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-d\fR \fIdir\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n The home directory of the new role. It defaults to \fIbase_dir\fR/\fIaccount_name\fR, where \fIbase_dir\fR is the base directory for new login home directories and \fIaccount_name\fR is the new role name. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-D\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n Display the default values for \fIgroup\fR, \fIbase_dir\fR, \fIskel_dir\fR, \fIshell\fR, \fIinactive\fR, \fIexpire\fR and \fIkey=value\fR pairs. When used with the \fB-g\fR, \fB-b\fR, \fB-f\fR, or \fB-K\fR, options, the \fB-D\fR option sets the default values for the specified fields. The default values are: .sp .ne 2 .na \fBgroup\fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n \fBother\fR (\fBGID\fR of 1) .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBbase_dir\fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n \fB/home\fR .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBskel_dir\fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n \fB/etc/skel\fR .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBshell\fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n \fB/bin/pfsh\fR .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBinactive\fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n \fB0\fR .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBexpire\fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n Null .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBauths\fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n Null .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBprofiles\fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n Null .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fBkey=value (pairs defined in \fBuser_attr\fR(4)\fR .ad .sp .6 .RS 4n not present .RE .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-e\fR \fIexpire\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n Specify the expiration date for a role. After this date, no user is able to access this role. The expire option argument is a date entered using one of the date formats included in the template file \fB/etc/datemsk\fR. See \fBgetdate\fR(3C). .sp If the date format that you choose includes spaces, it must be quoted. For example, you can enter \fB10/6/90\fR or \fBOctober 6, 1990\fR. A null value (\fB" "\fR) defeats the status of the expired date. This option is useful for creating temporary roles. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-f\fR \fIinactive\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n The maximum number of days allowed between uses of a role ID before that ID is declared invalid. Normal values are positive integers. A value of \fB 0\fR defeats the status. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-g\fR \fIgroup\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n An existing group's integer ID or character-string name. Without the \fB-D\fR option, it defines the new role's primary group membership and defaults to the default group. You can reset this default value by invoking \fBroleadd \fR\fB-D\fR\fB \fR\fB-g\fR\fB \fR\fIgroup.\fR .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-G\fR \fIgroup\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n An existing group's integer \fBID\fR or character-string name. It defines the new role's supplementary group membership. Duplicates between \fIgroup\fR with the \fB-g\fR and \fB-G\fR options are ignored. No more than \fBNGROUPS_MAX\fR groups can be specified. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-k\fR \fIskel_dir\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n A directory that contains skeleton information (such as \fB\&.profile\fR) that can be copied into a new role's home directory. This directory must already exist. The system provides the \fB/etc/skel\fR directory that can be used for this purpose. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-K\fR \fIkey=value\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n A \fIkey=value\fR pair to add to the role's attributes. Multiple \fB-K\fR options can be used to add multiple \fIkey=value\fR pairs. The generic \fB-K\fR option with the appropriate key can be used instead of the specific implied key options (\fB-A\fR and \fB-P\fR). See \fBuser_attr\fR(4) for a list of valid \fIkey=value\fR pairs. The "type" key is not a valid key for this option. Keys can not be repeated. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-m\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n Create the new role's home directory if it does not already exist. If the directory already exists, it must have read, write, and execute permissions by \fIgroup\fR, where \fIgroup\fR is the role's primary group. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-o\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n This option allows a \fBUID\fR to be duplicated (non-unique). .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-P\fR \fIprofile\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n One or more comma-separated execution profiles defined in \fBprof_attr\fR(4). .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-s\fR \fIshell\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n Full pathname of the program used as the user's shell on login. It defaults to an empty field causing the system to use \fB/bin/pfsh\fR as the default. The value of \fIshell\fR must be a valid executable file. .RE .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-u\fR \fIuid\fR\fR .ad .RS 20n The \fBUID\fR of the new role. This \fBUID\fR must be a non-negative decimal integer below \fBMAXUID\fR as defined in \fB\fR\&. The \fBUID\fR defaults to the next available (unique) number above the highest number currently assigned. For example, if \fBUID\fRs 100, 105, and 200 are assigned, the next default \fBUID\fR number is 201. (\fBUID\fRs from \fB0\fR-\fB99\fR are reserved for possible use in future applications.) .RE .SH FILES .sp .LP \fB/etc/datemsk\fR .sp .LP \fB/etc/passwd\fR .sp .LP \fB/etc/shadow\fR .sp .LP \fB/etc/group\fR .sp .LP \fB/etc/skel\fR .sp .LP \fB/usr/include/limits.h\fR .sp .LP \fB/etc/user_attr\fR .SH ATTRIBUTES .sp .LP See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: .sp .sp .TS box; c | c l | l . ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE _ Interface Stability Evolving .TE .SH SEE ALSO .sp .LP \fBpasswd\fR(1), \fBpfsh\fR(1), \fBprofiles\fR(1), \fBroles\fR(1), \fBusers\fR(1B), \fBgroupadd\fR(1M), \fBgroupdel\fR(1M), \fBgroupmod\fR(1M), \fBgrpck\fR(1M), \fBlogins\fR(1M), \fBpwck\fR(1M), \fBuserdel\fR(1M), \fBusermod\fR(1M), \fBgetdate\fR(3C), \fBauth_attr\fR(4), \fBpasswd\fR(4), \fBprof_attr\fR(4), \fBuser_attr\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5) .SH DIAGNOSTICS .sp .LP In case of an error, \fBroleadd\fR prints an error message and exits with a non-zero status. .sp .LP The following indicates that \fBlogin\fR specified is already in use: .sp .in +2 .nf UX: roleadd: ERROR: login is already in use. Choose another. .fi .in -2 .sp .sp .LP The following indicates that the \fIuid\fR specified with the \fB-u\fR option is not unique: .sp .in +2 .nf UX: roleadd: ERROR: uid \fIuid\fR is already in use. Choose another. .fi .in -2 .sp .sp .LP The following indicates that the \fIgroup\fR specified with the \fB-g\fR option is already in use: .sp .in +2 .nf UX: roleadd: ERROR: group \fIgroup\fR does not exist. Choose another. .fi .in -2 .sp .sp .LP The following indicates that the \fIuid\fR specified with the \fB-u\fR option is in the range of reserved \fBUID\fRs (from \fB0\fR-\fB99\fR): .sp .in +2 .nf UX: roleadd: WARNING: uid \fIuid\fR is reserved. .fi .in -2 .sp .sp .LP The following indicates that the \fIuid\fR specified with the \fB-u\fR option exceeds \fBMAXUID\fR as defined in \fB\fR: .sp .in +2 .nf UX: roleadd: ERROR: uid \fIuid\fR is too big. Choose another. .fi .in -2 .sp .sp .LP The following indicates that the \fB/etc/passwd\fR or \fB/etc/shadow\fR files do not exist: .sp .in +2 .nf UX: roleadd: ERROR: Cannot update system files - login cannot be created. .fi .in -2 .sp .SH NOTES .sp .LP If a network nameservice such as \fBNIS\fR or \fBNIS+\fR is being used to supplement the local \fB/etc/passwd\fR file with additional entries, \fBroleadd\fR cannot change information supplied by the network nameservice.