Re: determine when user account created?

From: Martin Paul (map_at_par.univie.ac.at)
Date: 10/28/04

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    In comp.sys.sun.admin Dave Uhring <daveuhring@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > unlikely to be changed. Of course the user can change any file in his
    > home directory, but some are unlikely to be changed, ~/.dtprofile as an
    > example.

    .dtprofile is where you might set the BROWSER variable, so it's not
    unlikely that it has been modified. Plus, logins might exist longer
    than CDE (I have lots of them) and therefore, .dtprofile.

    > OTOH, how many hidden files in *your* home directory were added on the
    > date your user account was created and still retain the same date/time?

    For me, none. The oldest file has a modification date from 1996
    (.plan), my account is much older. I have user accounts that are
    only used remotely - the only file I give them at creation is
    .cshrc, which usually gets modified frequently.

    Anyway, to answer the OP's question - there's no 100% safe way to
    find out when an account is created, therefore it's recommended to
    log account creations/removals in a log file. If you have a script
    to add accounts, that's pretty easy anyway.

    mp. 

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Systems Administrator | Institute for Software Science | Univ. of Vienna
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