Changing attributes of AIX and LDAP user accounts in a cluster
Using the AIX® operating system, you can change any of the attributes that are associated with an existing user account by using the chuser command or SMIT interface.
About this task
The chuser command changes the user information that is stored in the /etc/passwd file and the files in the /etc/security directory.
You can also change attributes associated with an existing user account from C-SPOC, as described in the following procedure. This procedure runs the AIX chuser command on each cluster node. All cluster nodes must be active, the Cluster Communications daemon must be running, and a user with the specified name must exist on all the nodes for the change operation to proceed.
To change the characteristics of an LDAP user account or an AIX user account on all cluster nodes by using the C-SPOC utility, complete the following steps:
Procedure
- From the command line, enter
smit cl_admin. - In the Select an Authentication and registry mode window, select the mode and press Enter.
- Specify the name of the user account you want to change and press Enter. Press F4 to obtain a list of users from which to select. If you are changing LDAP attribute,s pressing F4 displays LDAP users. SMIT displays a list of the user account attributes and their current values.
- Enter the new values for attributes you want to change, and press Enter. AIX provides help information that explain each attribute. SMIT runs the C-SPOC command to change the attributes of the AIX user account on all cluster nodes. This process does not occur if you are changing attributes of an LDAP user account.