User accounts

There are several security administrative tasks for user accounts.

Recommended user attributes
User administration consists of creating users and groups and defining their attributes.
User and group name length limit
You can configure and retrieve the user and group name length limit.
User account control
User accounts have attributes that can be altered.
Login user IDs
The operating system identifies users by their login user ID.
Strengthening user security with Access Control Lists
To achieve an appropriate level of security in your system, develop a consistent security policy to manage user accounts. The most commonly used security mechanism is the access control list (ACL).
PATH environment variable
The PATH environment variable is an important security control. It specifies the directories to be searched to find a command.
Using the secldapclntd daemon
The secldapclntd daemon dynamically manages connections to a LDAP server.

Parent topic: Users, groups, and passwords