NAME
user —
manage user login information on
the system
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The
user utility acts as a frontend to the
useradd(8),
usermod(8),
userinfo(8), and
userdel(8) commands. The
utilities by default are built with
EXTENSIONS
. This
allows for further functionality.
For a full explanation of the options available, please 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 the backend
commands mentioned above.
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)
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⟩.