NAME
user —
manage user login information on the
system
SYNOPSIS
user |
add -D
[-b base-directory]
[-e expiry-time]
[-f inactive-time]
[-g gid |
name | =uid]
[-k skel-directory]
[-L login-class]
[-r
low..high]
[-s shell] |
user |
add [-mov]
[-b base-directory]
[-c comment]
[-d home-directory]
[-e expiry-time]
[-f inactive-time]
[-G
secondary-group[,group,...]]
[-g gid |
name | =uid]
[-k skel-directory]
[-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 [-e]
user |
user |
mod [-mov]
[-c comment]
[-d home-directory]
[-e expiry-time]
[-f inactive-time]
[-G
secondary-group[,group,...]]
[-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, see the relevant manual page.
FILES
- /etc/skel/.[A-z]*
- Skeleton files for new user
- /etc/usermgmt.conf
- Configuration file for
user, group(8) and those backend commands
EXIT STATUS
The user utility exits 0 on
success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
chpass(1), group(5), passwd(5), usermgmt.conf(5), useradd(8), userdel(8), userinfo(8), usermod(8)
STANDARDS
Other implementations of the user
utilities use the inactive-time parameter to refer to
the maximum number of days allowed between logins (this is used to lock
"stale" accounts that have not been used for a period of time).
However, on OpenBSD systems this parameter refers
instead to the password change time. This is due to differences in the
passwd(5) database compared to other operating systems.
HISTORY
The user utility first appeared in
OpenBSD 2.7.
AUTHORS
The user utility was written by
Alistair G. Crooks
<agc@NetBSD.org>.