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Posix User Tab of the Edit Entry Dialog

Use this panel to store Posix or UNIX-specific user information in the directory. If you are using Synchronization Services, the options and attributes that you specify here will be synchronized with your operating system.

Enable Posix user attributes. Check this box to enable the fields in this panel.

UID Number. Enter the user's UNIX user ID number.

GID Number. Enter the user's UNIX group ID number.

Home Directory. Enter the full path to the user's home directory, for example /home/janedoe.

Login Shell. (Optional) Enter the full path to the user's preferred login shell, for example /usr/local/bin/tcsh.

Gecos. (Optional). Enter the value of this user's pw_gecos entry in the /etc/passwd file.


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