SUMMARY: Account creation

From: Psarras Nicholas (psarnik@it.teithe.gr)
Date: Fri Sep 08 2000 - 07:41:40 CDT


Original qest:
> salut,
>
> SunOS lame 5.8 Generic_108529-01 i86pc i386 i86pc.
>
> Right after the creation of a new account with "useradd" the execution of
> the command "finger new-account" gives
>
> Login name: new-account In real life: bla bla
> Directory: /users/new-account Shell: /bin/sh
> Last login Thu Sep 7 11:53 on pts/3 from localhost
> No unread mail
> No Plan.
>
> The problem is that there is no way that this user could possible log
> on the system that time not only because the command "finger" executes
> rigth after the command "useradd" but because the login time is 3 hours
> before the creation of the account.
>
> This thing is not happening every time i create a new account.
> Sometimes the command "finger new-account" gives
>
> Login name: new-account In real life: bla bla
> Directory: /users/new-account Shell: /bin/sh
> Never logged in.
> No unread mail
> No Plan.
>
> which is more close to reallity.

salut,

ok 10 words summary
"Lastlogin is based on the uid, not on the username".

thanks to:

Craig McLean <cmclean@bigfoot.com>
se@comp.lancs.ac.uk
"Dobson, Jed" <jed@wgtech.com>
Casper Dik <Casper.Dik@holland.sun.com>
jhartzen@csc.com

take care

salaGatoR

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