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30.Dd November 16, 2005
31.Dt USER 8
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm user
35.Nd manage user login information on the system
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Nm
38.Cm add
39.Fl D
40.Op options
41.Nm
42.Cm add
43.Op options
44.Ar user
45.Nm
46.Cm del
47.Fl D
48.Op options
49.Nm
50.Cm del
51.Op options
52.Ar user
53.Nm
54.Cm info
55.Op options
56.Ar user
57.Nm
58.Cm mod
59.Op options
60.Ar user
61.Sh DESCRIPTION
62The
63.Nm
64utility acts as a frontend to the
65.Xr useradd 8 ,
66.Xr usermod 8 ,
67.Xr userinfo 8 ,
68and
69.Xr userdel 8
70commands.
71The utilities by default are built with
72.Dv EXTENSIONS .
73This allows for further functionality.
74.Pp
75For a full explanation of the options available, please see the relevant manual page.
76.Sh FILES
77.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/examples/usermgmt -compact
78.It Pa /etc/skel/.[A-z]*
79Skeleton files for new user
80.It Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf
81Configuration file for
82.Nm ,
83.Xr group 8
84and the backend commands mentioned above.
85.\" .It Pa /usr/share/examples/usermgmt
86.\" A directory containing examples for
87.\" .Nm
88.\" and
89.\" .Xr group 8 .
90.El
91.Sh EXIT STATUS
92.Ex -std user
93.Sh SEE ALSO
94.Xr chpass 1 ,
95.Xr group 5 ,
96.Xr passwd 5 ,
97.Xr usermgmt.conf 5 ,
98.Xr useradd 8 ,
99.Xr userdel 8 ,
100.Xr userinfo 8 ,
101.Xr usermod 8
102.Sh HISTORY
103The
104.Nm
105utility first appeared in
106.Nx 1.5 .
107It is based on the
108.Ar addnerd
109package by the same author.
110.Sh AUTHORS
111The
112.Nm
113utility was written by
114.An Alistair G. Crooks
115.Aq agc@NetBSD.org .
116