On 11/28/12, Neil Youngman <ny@...> wrote: > On Wednesday 28 November 2012 02:55:48 Kate Draven wrote: >> Hi >> >> I know this isn't exactly a Trinity-centric question but it will >> eventually apply to it as I switch from KDE3 to TDE. So please bare >> with me. >> >> Does anyone have any experience with SED and PAM? >> I need to replace the default admin user (arklinux) with 2 new users. >> >> I normally use sed -i -e 's,arklinux,NewUser,g' /etc/pam.d/* to change >> the admin user in PAM. >> >> How to a pose it so it adds two more users? > > Something like this? > > $ sed -i.bak -e 's/\(.*\)arklinux\(.*\)/\1NewUser1\2\ > \1NewUser2\2/' /etc/pam.d/* > > The obvious limitation on that is it will probably only work where arklinux > > appears once on a line. Multiple occurrences would need a bit more > thought. > > Test carefully before use and note the -i.bak to backup the originals in > case of mistakes. > > HTH > > Neil Youngman > Hi Neil Thanks. I spoke to my guru Bero and he gave me this line. sed -i -e 's|arklinux|NewUser1,NewUser2,NewUser3|g' /etc/pam.d/* It works great. I'm making note of your line as it creates instant backups. I always tar.bz2 everything before I alter it. So the PAM directory has been backed up quite tidy. Thank you for your help, it's greatly appreciated. Kate > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: > trinity-users-help@... > Read list messages on the web archive: > http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > >