Creating a UNIX User Account for D3

This section contains instructions for creating a UNIX User account for D3.

Creating a D3 UNIX User Account

When the D3 virtual machine starts up, it gives all of its processes (D3 users) the same UNIX system privileges that the virtual machine has, which may not be desirable. The D3 configuration file's user statement specifies the UNIX user account (and thus the privileges) for D3 users.

If the user statement is not present, the user and privileges for root are assumed and creating a new UNIX user is not required.
If the user statement specifies another user, this UNIX user must be created prior to booting D3.

The user name is the name specified in the Display/Modify D3 configuration menu. The user name pick is used in the instructions below.

Log in as root.
At the shell prompt, enter these commands and respond to the prompts appropriately:

mkuser pick

passwd pick

For more information on this procedure, see your UNIX System Administration Guide.