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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, group(8) and those backend commands /usr/share/examples/usermgmt A directory containing examples for user 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 1.5.3 September 5, 2001 1

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