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USERINFO(8)             NetBSD System Manager's Manual             USERINFO(8)


NAME

     userinfo - displays user information


SYNOPSIS

     userinfo [-ev] user


DESCRIPTION

     The userinfo utility retrieves the user information from the system.

     The following command line options are recognised:

     -e      return 0 if the user exists, and non-zero if the user does not
             exist, on the system. No information is displayed. This form of
             the command is useful for scripts which need to check whether a
             particular user name or uid is already in use on the system.

     -v      perform any actions in a verbose manner.

     The user argument may either be a user's name, or a uid.

     The userinfo utility exits 0 if the user name or uid exists, and non-zero
     if it does not.


FILES

     /etc/usermgmt.conf


SEE ALSO

     passwd(5), usermgmt.conf(5)


HISTORY

     The userinfo utility first appeared in NetBSD 1.5.  It is based on the
     addnerd package by the same author.


AUTHORS

     The userinfo utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks (agc@netbsd.org).

NetBSD 1.6                     November 30, 1999                             1