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.TH NEWUSER 8
.SH NAME
newuser \- adding a new user
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /sys/lib/newuser
.SH DESCRIPTION
To establish a new user on Plan 9, add the user to
.B /adm/users
by running the
.I newuser
command on the console of the file server
(see
.IR fs (8)).
Next, give the user a password using
.I auth/changeuser
on the console of the authentication server (see
.IR auth (8)).
At this point, the user can bootstrap a terminal using the new name and
password.
The terminal will only get as far as running
.BR rc ,
however, as no
.B profile
exists for the user.
.PP
The
.IR rc (1)
script
.B /sys/lib/newuser
sets up a sensible environment for a new user of Plan 9.
Once the terminal is running
.BR rc ,
type
.IP
.EX
/sys/lib/newuser
.EE
.PP
to build the necessary directories in
.BR /usr/$user ,
create
.BR /mail/box/$user/mbox ,
.BR /cron/$user/cron ,
a reasonable initial profile in
.BR /usr/$user/lib/profile
and
plumbing rules in
.BR /usr/$user/lib/plumbing
(see
.IR plumber (4)).
The script then runs the profile which, as its last step, brings up
.IR rio (1).
At this point the user's environment is established and running.
(There is no need to reboot.)
It may be prudent at this point to run
.IR passwd (1)
to change the password, depending on how the initial password was chosen.
.PP
The
.B profile
built by
.B /sys/lib/newuser
looks like this:
.IP
.EX
bind -a $home/bin/rc /bin
bind -a $home/bin/$cputype /bin
bind -c tmp /tmp
font = /lib/font/bit/pelm/euro.9.font
switch($service){
case terminal
plumber
upas/fs
echo -n accelerated > '#m/mousectl'
echo -n 'res 3' > '#m/mousectl'
prompt=('term% ' ' ')
fn term%{ $* }
exec rio
case cpu
if (test -e /mnt/term/mnt/wsys) {
# rio already running
wsys = /mnt/term^`{cat /mnt/term/env/wsys}
bind -a /mnt/term/mnt/wsys /dev
echo -n $sysname > /dev/label
}
bind /mnt/term/dev/cons /dev/cons
bind /mnt/term/dev/consctl /dev/consctl
bind -a /mnt/term/dev /dev
prompt=('cpu% ' ' ')
fn cpu%{ $* }
upas/fs
news
if (! test -e /mnt/term/mnt/wsys) {
# cpu call from drawterm
font=/lib/font/bit/pelm/latin1.8.font
auth/factotum
plumber
exec rio
}
case con
prompt=('cpu% ' ' ')
news
}
.EE
.PP
Sites may make changes to
.B /sys/lib/newuser
that reflect the properties of the local environment.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR passwd (1),
.IR rio (1),
.IR namespace (4),
.IR fs (8),
.IR auth (8).