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.Dd January 14, 2004 .Dt USER 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm user .Nd manage user login information on the system .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Cm add .Fl D .Op Fl b Ar base-dir .Op Fl e Ar expiry-time .Op Fl f Ar inactive-time .Op Fl g Ar gid/name/=uid .Op Fl L Ar login-class .Op Fl r Ar lowuid..highuid .Nm .Cm add .Op Fl Smov .Op Fl G Ar secondary-group .Op Fl b Ar base-dir .Op Fl c Ar comment .Op Fl d Ar home-dir .Op Fl e Ar expiry-time .Op Fl f Ar inactive-time .Op Fl g Ar gid/name/=uid .Op Fl k Ar skel-dir .Op Fl L Ar login-class .Op Fl p Ar password .Op Fl r Ar lowuid..highuid .Op Fl s Ar shell .Op Fl u Ar uid .Ar user .Nm .Cm del .Fl D .Op Fl p Ar preserve-value .Nm .Cm del .Op Fl Sprv .Ar user .Nm .Cm info .Op Fl ev .Ar user .Nm .Cm mod .Op Fl Smov .Op Fl G Ar secondary-group .Op Fl c Ar comment .Op Fl d Ar home-dir .Op Fl e Ar expiry-time .Op Fl f Ar inactive-time .Op Fl g Ar gid/name/=uid .Op Fl L Ar login-class .Op Fl l Ar new-login .Op Fl p Ar password .Op Fl s Ar shell .Op Fl u Ar uid .Ar user .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility acts as a frontend to the .Xr useradd 8 , .Xr usermod 8 , .Xr userinfo 8 , and .Xr userdel 8 commands.
p For a full explanation of the options, please see the relevant manual page.
p The .Nm utility exits 0 on success, and \*[Gt]0 if an error occurs. .Sh FILES l -tag -width /usr/share/examples/usermgmt -compact t Pa /etc/skel/.[A-z]* Skeleton files for new user t Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf Configuration file for .Nm , .Xr group 8 and those backend commands t Pa /usr/share/examples/usermgmt A directory containing examples for .Nm and .Xr group 8 .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chpass 1 , .Xr group 5 , .Xr passwd 5 , .Xr usermgmt.conf 5 , .Xr useradd 8 , .Xr userdel 8 , .Xr userinfo 8 , .Xr usermod 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm utility first appeared in .Nx 1.5 . It is based on the .Ar addnerd package by the same author. .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm utility was written by .An Alistair G. Crooks .An agc (at] NetBSD.org .
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