How to Create an Account on the Sun cluster:

A.  Make sure the username is not already used ("finger ")

B.  Check the user and group id numbers on goophy:
    1.  log on to goophy
    2.  grep  /var/yp/src/passwd
    3.  The user id number is the third field, and the group is 60

C.  Create the account on manuel
    1.  log onto manuel as root (or, preferably, use the sudo command)
    2.  /usr/sbin/useradd -u  -g  -s /bin/tcsh -d /home/ -c "Firstname Lastname" 

D.  Set user's password:  passwd 

E.  Set up home directory
    1.  mkdir /export/homeN/      (N = 0, 1, 2, or 3)
    2.  chown : /export/homeN/
    3.  edit the /etc/auto_home file to include the new user.  Add the line:
           manuel:/export/homeN/&

F.  It may take up to 10 or so minutes to get the new account active on 
    the other machines.  Currently the two linux machines (bradley and silas)
    are not working with the distributed accounts.


EXAMPLE:
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Log on to the manuel's console:

#telnet goophy

[login stuff on goophy]

>grep  /var/yp/src/passwd
joetest:ae3aFAtuN5zUE:1076:60:test account:/usersD/joetest:/usr/bin/tcsh

>logout
[logout from goophy]

#/usr/sbin/useradd -u 1076 -g grads -s /bin/tcsh -d /home/joetest -c "Test account" joetest

#passwd joetest
New password: 
Re-enter new password: 

#mkdir /export/home0/joetest

#chown joetest:grads /export/home0/joetest

#vi /etc/auto_home
[insert line]
 joetest  manuel:/export/home0/&

#/usr/ucb/rdist -f /etc/distfile