Create new user
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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>