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Creating accounts, granting karma, etc

Account creation is detailed in the PMC FAQ: http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html
Account karma can be granted by the PMC Chair: InfraNotes GrantingKarma
PMC people: http://www.apache.org/dev/solaris-zones.html explains how to create an acct in the zone. Here is a quick guide:
Create the account with this command:
sudo useradd -d /export/home/fred -m -c "Fred Smith" fred
Set a password with this command:
sudo passwd fred
Check for password file format errors with this command:
sudo pwck
Finally, if needed, add the user to sudoers in /etc/opt/sfw with this command:
/opt/sfw/sbin/visudo

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