Modifying the Security Database

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To change existing entries in the security database, use the modify command. Supply the user name for the entry to change, followed by the option indicating the items to change and the corresponding values to which to change them.

For example, to set the user ID of user “cbrown” to 8 and change the first name to “Cindy”, enter the following commands:

GSEC> modify cbrown -uid 8 -fname cindy

To verify the changed line, use display followed by the user name:

GSEC> display cbrown
user name uid gid full name
---------------------------------------------
CBROWN 8 0 CINDY BROWN

Note: To modify a user name, first delete the entry in the security database, then enter the new user name and re-enter the other information.