Create new user

Identify a UID

Check if a uid that is not taken by any other users. Start from 150**

On CentOS 6
$ getent passwd | grep 150**
On CentOS 7
$ id 150**

Create users and superuser on the LDAP GUI:

https://ds.ucsf.bkslab.org/ldapadmin/cmd.php

To create a visitor:

Click OU=Visitors
Click Create new entry here
Select Generic: User Account
Fill in appropriate sections
** John might want future home directory in /nfs/ex9/work
-password should be encrypted with sha512
-group should be visitors
Keep the uid LDAP suggested and edit in the one you picked later.

Create User's Home Directory

Log in as root on gimel

$ mkdir /nfs/home/<username>

Or on ex9 (qof)

$ mkdir /export/ex9/work/<username>