Managing Shell Access

Information and instructions about managing users' access to our VMs' UN!X shells.

Group Manager

A user's access to a VM is determined by his/her Duke NetID's membership in a specific access group. To manage users' membership in these groups, use Duke's Group Manager.

Managing users in a group is a pretty simple task. See Adding a Babase User and Removing a Babase User for an example how to do this in the "babase users" group.

Adding a New Shell User

Granting shell access requires a few steps...[TO BE CONTINUED]

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