Linux User-Group Console
This post shows you how to add the menu option and GUI to set users and groups. It’s quite a bit easier than mastering all the command-line syntax. It makes setting up the required user and group accounts for an Oracle Enterprise or MySQL database solution much easier.
You add the utility by calling the yum (Yellowdog Updater, Modified) utility like this:
yum installed -y system-config_users |
You should see the following:
Loaded plugins: langpacks adobe-linux-x86_64 | 951 B 00:00 ol7_UEKR3 | 1.2 kB 00:00 ol7_latest | 1.4 kB 00:00 Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package system-config-users.noarch 0:1.3.5-2.el7 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: system-config-users-docs for package: system-config-users-1.3.5-2.el7.noarch --> Running transaction check ---> Package system-config-users-docs.noarch 0:1.0.9-6.el7 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: rarian-compat for package: system-config-users-docs-1.0.9-6.el7.noarch --> Running transaction check ---> Package rarian-compat.x86_64 0:0.8.1-11.el7 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: rarian = 0.8.1-11.el7 for package: rarian-compat-0.8.1-11.el7.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: rarian for package: rarian-compat-0.8.1-11.el7.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: librarian.so.0()(64bit) for package: rarian-compat-0.8.1-11.el7.x86_64 --> Running transaction check ---> Package rarian.x86_64 0:0.8.1-11.el7 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: system-config-users noarch 1.3.5-2.el7 ol7_latest 337 k Installing for dependencies: rarian x86_64 0.8.1-11.el7 ol7_latest 97 k rarian-compat x86_64 0.8.1-11.el7 ol7_latest 65 k system-config-users-docs noarch 1.0.9-6.el7 ol7_latest 307 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package (+3 Dependent packages) Total download size: 805 k Installed size: 3.9 M Downloading packages: (1/4): rarian-0.8.1-11.el7.x86_64.rpm | 97 kB 00:00 (2/4): rarian-compat-0.8.1-11.el7.x86_64.rpm | 65 kB 00:00 (3/4): system-config-users-1.3.5-2.el7.noarch.rpm | 337 kB 00:00 (4/4): system-config-users-docs-1.0.9-6.el7.noarch.rpm | 307 kB 00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 830 kB/s | 805 kB 00:00 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Installing : rarian-0.8.1-11.el7.x86_64 1/4 Installing : rarian-compat-0.8.1-11.el7.x86_64 2/4 Installing : system-config-users-1.3.5-2.el7.noarch 3/4 Installing : system-config-users-docs-1.0.9-6.el7.noarch 4/4 Verifying : rarian-compat-0.8.1-11.el7.x86_64 1/4 Verifying : system-config-users-1.3.5-2.el7.noarch 2/4 Verifying : rarian-0.8.1-11.el7.x86_64 3/4 Verifying : system-config-users-docs-1.0.9-6.el7.noarch 4/4 Installed: system-config-users.noarch 0:1.3.5-2.el7 Dependency Installed: rarian.x86_64 0:0.8.1-11.el7 rarian-compat.x86_64 0:0.8.1-11.el7 system-config-users-docs.noarch 0:1.0.9-6.el7 Complete! |
After successfully installing the radian, rarian-compat, system-config-users, and system-config-users-docs packages, you will find that there’s now a Users and Groups option when you navigate by clicking on Applications and then clicking on Sundry from the menu.
Menu Instructions
- You navigate to the Applications menu, and choose Sundry from the menu list and Users and Groups from the menu item to continue.
- You will be prompted for the sudoer’s password in this dialog.
- At this point, you can use the GUI interface to set users and groups.
As always, I hope this helps those trying to set users and passwords without mastering the command-line syntax.
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