Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

I have a problem when I add users, the ID should be 0123456 however when the user gets created, the ID is 123456 in /etc/passwd

Is there a way to have smit not strip the leading '0'?

Thanks
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

This behavior happens with mkuser as well:

mkuser id='0123456' test
tail /etc/passwd

test:*:123456:201:/home/test/
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Originally posted by: j.gann

id is an integer, the leading zero is not necessary and therefore removed.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

in our environment, we use it, and must add it back in /etc/passwd every time we create a user. Is there any way you can think of to keep it from happening?
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Originally posted by: j.gann

whatever you try to accomplish, find a different solution. /etc/passwd is not to be edited directly. period.
the gecos entry is a string used for user information, you can alter this. but use the chuser or mkuser commands.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

I appreciate your concern, however it has been done this way for years with no ill effects. We are just trying to save the time of manually editing the file by fixing the problem.

Thanks

Mike
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