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====== Setting up Accounts on a new VM ======

===== Add user =====
  * Add the user buddy boy with username bboy
<code>
useradd -s /bin/csh -c "Buddy Boy user account" -d /users/bboy bboy

</code>
  * set the user's password 
<code>
passwd bboy
</code>
  * add samba user and restart samba service - if this user needs access to the model account through a drive mapping
<code>
smbpasswd -a bboy
/etc/init.d/smb restart
</code>
NOTE if you want to list the samba users you can do
<code>
cat /etc/samba/smbpasswd
</code>

  * remove the user's home directory 
<code>
cd /users
rm -rf bboy
</code>
  * make a new one and copy all files (including hidden) from another user
<code>
cd /users
mkdir bboy
cp otherUser/* bboy/
cp otherUser/.cshrc bboy/
cp otherUser/.login bboy/
</code>
  * set perms of the directory and the files:
<code>
chmod 755 bboy
chown -R bboy:bboy bboy
chmod 664 bboy/* bboy/.cshrc bboy/.login
</code>	

  * Add the user to the model accounts they need access to:
<code>
vi /etc/group 
- find model and add the new user to allowed to access that account as comma separated list:
- enter "edit mode" by typing "i" then change the line to look like
model1:x:1234:samm,bboy,otherUser
- go back to command mode with <esc> key
- write and quit vi with command:
:wq <enter>
</code>

Note: An alternative terminal-based editor to //vi// is //nano//.

==== Making the drive mapping for the user ====
On the user's client machine they will need a drive mounting to the server.

Make the mount out to the end of the models directory such as say the "N" drive is  mounted as:
<code>
    \\myserver\models
<\code>

===== Add a Model Account =====
This process must be done as root logged in through putty to the server

  * If the model already exists on another server then get the model's user id from that server (found in the file /etc/passwd using //vi// or //nano//) and use the same, if not leave out the "-u userIDFromOtherServer" part of the command below
<code>
useradd -s /bin/csh -c "model1 model account" -d /models/model1 -u userIDFromOtherServer model1
</code>

  * set the model's password 
<code>
passwd model1
</code>
  * update group file to have samm in model's group
<code>
vi /etc/group 
- find model and add samm and all users allowed to access that account as comma separated list:
- enter "edit mode" by typing "i" then change the line to look like
model1:x:1234:samm,bboy,otherUser
- go back to command mode with <esc> key
- write and quit vi with command:
:wq <enter>
</code>
  * Move to the models directory
<code>
cd /models
</code>
  * Reconfigure the default directory for this model
  * copy all files (including hidden) from some other working model account <modelacct> to model1
<code>
cp modelacct/*.init model1/
cp modelacct/*.links model1/
cp modelacct/.cshrc model1/
cp modelacct/.login model1/
</code>
  * set perms :
<code>
chmod 770 model1
chmod g+s model1
chown -R model1:model1 model1
chmod 664 model1/* model1/.cshrc model1/.login
</code>	

===== Prepare Model Directory Structure =====

  * Put the model file structure onto the model1 accountif it already exists elsewhere  or else create it:
    * [[howtos:admin:Model Family Directory Structure]]
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