Centrify DirectControl Best Practices - Cerberis

CENTRIFY WHITE PAPERCENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT FOR UNIX, LINUX, MAC AND JAVA WITH ACTIVE DIRECTORY AND DIRECTCONTROL1.3.6 Current UNIX ProvisioningFigure 1-3The following steps are manually performed as part of provisioning a new UNIX user at Illumi Clinics:1. A HR staff member sends an email to the UNIX team authorizing UNIX access.2. A UNIX staff member uses the native platform utility (such as ‘useradd’) to create a new user object on the UNIX computer.A new password and UID are assigned to the user; and,3. The updated /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files are saved.4. The UNIX staff member then manually modifies /etc/group to set secondary group membership for the new UNIX user; and,5. The /etc/group file is saved.6. The UNIX staff member replies to the email from the HR staff member.© CENTRIFY CORPORATION 2004-2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PAGE 8