AIX

Standard Operating Procedure

(SOP)

IT – Infra Unix Team

Tech Mahindra
 Abbreviations
ASR Automated System Recovery
DLT Digital linear tape
DNS Domain name system
DP Data Protector
DR Disaster recovery
DR OS Disaster recovery operating system
EADR Enhanced Automated Disaster Recovery
EBS Enterprise Backup Solution
IDB Internal database
LAN Local area network
LTO Linear Tape-Open™
LUN Logical unit number
MA Media Agent
MoM Manager of Managers
NTS Natrindo Telepon Seluler
OBDR One Button Disaster Recovery
OVO Open View Operation
SAN Storage area network
SMTD System maintenance technical document
SRD System Recovery Data
VLS Virtual Library System

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 Table of Contents

1.1.Adding a new user account ...........................................................................................................4

1.2.Creating a user password...............................................................................................................4
1.3.Changing a user password.............................................................................................................4
1.4.Changing the user attributes..........................................................................................................5
1.5.Displaying the user attributes........................................................................................................5
1.6.Removing a user account...............................................................................................................6
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2.Maintenance Level Up gradation .....................................................................8
3.Mounting a NFS Partition from one server to another server:............................9
4.Access ssh session login:...............................................................................13
 User Administration Procedure
1.1. Adding a new user account
1. Create a new user account using mkuser command.
Note: The user name must be a unique 8-byte or less string.
2. Give a suitable password to the user account. The mkuser command only initializes the Password
attribute of /etc/passwd file with an * (asterisk).
3. Alternatively, you can use SMIT:
 Run smitty mkuser to access the menu as shown in below figure
 Type smith for the field User NAME.
 Press the Enter key to create the user.
 When SMIT returns an OK prompt, Press the F10 key to return to the command prompt

1.2. Creating a user password

1. Create an encrypted passwd entry in /etc/security/passwd
2. Change the Password attribute of /etc/passwd from * to ! (exclamation).

1.3. Changing a user password

1. Type enter:#passwd
2. Enter the old password
3. Enter the new password twice.
 1.4. Changing the user attributes
 The user attributes can be changed using the chuser command.
 Note: The user name must already exist as an alphanumeric string of eight bytes or
less.
 Access to the chuser command is given only to the root user who performs the following
tasks:
 Convert a user to an administrative user by setting the admin attribute to true.
 Change any attributes of an administrative user.
 Add a user to an administrative group.

 A user attribute can be changed alternatively,by following the SMIT hierarchy:

I. Run smitty chuser, which displays a menu as shown below
II. Type a name for the field User NAME.
III. Use the Arrow keys to highlight the Primary GROUP field and type programmer in it.
IV. Press Enter.
V. When SMIT returns an OK prompt, press the F10 key to return to the command

1.5. Displaying the user attributes

1. Run smitty lsuser, which displays a menu as shown in the figure.
2. Type a name for the field User NAME.
3. Press Enter.
4. When SMIT returns an OK prompt, press the F10 key to return to the command prompt
 1.6. Removing a user account
 Use the following command:
#rmuser -p <user name>

 SMIT hierarchy can also be used alternatively:

 Running smitty rmuser displays a menu as shown below
 2. Maintenance Level Up gradation

1. Download the package from the link mentioned below

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/fp/fixpacks?release=52
2. Download the package to the server in /tmp partition .
3. Create a directory in the /tmp partition as /new.
4. Execute inutoc command.
5. Install all the available updates from the package.
6. Reboot the server so that the updated components will take effect.
7. Type the following command.
8. #shutdown –Fr | at now
 3. Mounting a NFS Partition from one server to
another server:

1. Execute the following command in the source server

#smitty mknfsexp

2. Scroll down to enter the destination sever name.

3. Press Enter

4. Go to the destination server.

5. Create a mount point.
 #mkdir partition name.

6. Press Enter.
 4. Access ssh session login:

1. Download the ssh package from the following site:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/openssh-aix
2. Transfer the file to the server in /tmp/SSH path as shown below:
3. Install available software products using the smitty installp command
Note: Installing a software should always be done in an applied state