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


NAME

     user - manage user login information on the system


SYNOPSIS

     user add -D [-b base-dir] [-e expiry-time] [-f inactive-time] [-g
          gid/name/=uid] [-L login-class] [-r low..high]
     user add [-mov] [-G secondary-group] [-b base-dir] [-c comment] [-d
          home-dir] [-e expiry-time] [-f inactive-time] [-g gid/name/=uid] [-k
          skel-dir] [-L login-class] [-p password] [-r low..high] [-s shell]
          [-u uid] user
     user del -D [-p preserve-value]
     user del [-prv] user
     user info [-ev] user
     user mod [-mov] [-G secondary-group] [-c comment] [-d home-dir] [-e
          expiry-time] [-f inactive-time] [-g gid/name/=uid] [-L login-class]
          [-l new-login] [-p password] [-s shell] [-u uid] user


DESCRIPTION

     The user utility acts as a frontend to the useradd(8), usermod(8),
     userinfo(8), and userdel(8) commands.

     For a full explanation of the options, please see the relevant manual
     page.

     The user utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.


FILES

     /etc/skel/.[A-z]*             Skeleton files for new user
     /etc/usermgmt.conf            Configuration file for user(8), group(8)
                                   and those backend commands
     /usr/share/examples/usermgmt  A directory containing examples for user(8)
                                   and group(8)


SEE ALSO

     chpass(1), group(5), passwd(5), usermgmt.conf(5), useradd(8), userdel(8),
     userinfo(8), usermod(8)


HISTORY

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


AUTHORS

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

NetBSD 1.6                     September 5, 2001                             1