on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:02:38AM -0000, vdemart@supereva.it (vdemart@supereva.it) wrote: > > I'd like to define an alias for a user so that login in as either the > user itself or its alias, both goes to the same home dir. How can I > do it? > Ciao > Vittorio Why do you want to do this? It's possible, but generally not recommended, and can lead to security issues. However, if you must, you can create a new user by copying a user specification from /etc/passwd, leaving the user ID intact, and changing the user name. The user name governs the password and apparent identity of a user. The UID governs the actual system perception o fuser identity. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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