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Workspace AIX
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 22, 2019

RELATED IDEAS

creating a new field whenever the user account is created.

Whenever a Unix account is created, there is no field to determine when this account was created on the system. The time_last_login field is populated only when the user successfully logins. IBM should create a new field in the lastlog file where the System Admin can track user account that have been created but not logged in.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 8, 2022

    The new user attribute is stored in /etc/security/uattr.
    Here is the documentation: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3?topic=files-uattr-file

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 21, 2021

    Available in the December 2021 GA of AIX 7.3

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 25, 2020

    candidate for future release of AIX

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