1.\" $OpenBSD: user.8,v 1.22 2015/09/12 15:14:11 schwarze Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: user.8,v 1.9 2001/06/05 11:31:21 wiz Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Alistair G. Crooks. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by Alistair G. Crooks. 17.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote 18.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written 19.\" permission. 20.\" 21.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS 22.\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED 23.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 24.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY 25.\" DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 26.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE 27.\" GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 28.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, 29.\" WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING 30.\" NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS 31.\" SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 32.\" 33.\" 34.Dd $Mdocdate: September 12 2015 $ 35.Dt USER 8 36.Os 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm user 39.Nd manage user login information on the system 40.Sh SYNOPSIS 41.Nm user 42.Cm add 43.Fl D 44.Op Fl b Ar base-directory 45.Op Fl e Ar expiry-time 46.Op Fl f Ar inactive-time 47.Op Fl g Ar gid | name | Cm =uid 48.Op Fl k Ar skel-directory 49.Op Fl L Ar login-class 50.Op Fl r Ar low Ns .. Ns Ar high 51.Op Fl s Ar shell 52.Nm user 53.Cm add 54.Op Fl mov 55.Op Fl b Ar base-directory 56.Op Fl c Ar comment 57.Op Fl d Ar home-directory 58.Op Fl e Ar expiry-time 59.Op Fl f Ar inactive-time 60.Op Fl G Ar secondary-group Ns Op , Ns Ar group , Ns ... 61.Op Fl g Ar gid | name | Cm =uid 62.Op Fl k Ar skel-directory 63.Op Fl L Ar login-class 64.Op Fl p Ar password 65.Op Fl r Ar low Ns .. Ns Ar high 66.Op Fl s Ar shell 67.Op Fl u Ar uid 68.Ar user 69.Nm user 70.Cm del 71.Fl D 72.Op Fl p Ar preserve-value 73.Nm user 74.Cm del 75.Op Fl prv 76.Ar user 77.Nm user 78.Cm info 79.Op Fl e 80.Ar user 81.Nm user 82.Cm mod 83.Op Fl mov 84.Op Fl c Ar comment 85.Op Fl d Ar home-directory 86.Op Fl e Ar expiry-time 87.Op Fl f Ar inactive-time 88.Op Fl G Ar secondary-group Ns Op , Ns Ar group , Ns ... 89.Op Fl g Ar gid | name | Cm =uid 90.Op Fl L Ar login-class 91.Op Fl l Ar new-login 92.Op Fl p Ar password 93.Op Fl s Ar shell 94.Op Fl u Ar uid 95.Ar user 96.Sh DESCRIPTION 97The 98.Nm 99utility acts as a frontend to the 100.Xr useradd 8 , 101.Xr usermod 8 , 102.Xr userinfo 8 , 103and 104.Xr userdel 8 105commands. 106.Pp 107For a full explanation of the options, please see the relevant manual page. 108.Sh FILES 109.Bl -tag -width /etc/usermgmt.conf -compact 110.It Pa /etc/skel/.[A-z]* 111Skeleton files for new user 112.It Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf 113Configuration file for 114.Nm user , 115.Xr group 8 116and those backend commands 117.El 118.Sh EXIT STATUS 119.Ex -std user 120.Sh SEE ALSO 121.Xr chpass 1 , 122.Xr group 5 , 123.Xr passwd 5 , 124.Xr usermgmt.conf 5 , 125.Xr useradd 8 , 126.Xr userdel 8 , 127.Xr userinfo 8 , 128.Xr usermod 8 129.Sh STANDARDS 130Other implementations of the 131.Nm user 132utilities use the 133.Ar inactive-time 134parameter to refer to the maximum number of days allowed between logins (this 135is used to lock "stale" accounts that have not been used for a period of time). 136However, on 137.Ox 138systems this parameter refers instead to the password change time. 139This is due to differences in the 140.Xr passwd 5 141database compared to other operating systems. 142.Sh HISTORY 143The 144.Nm 145utility first appeared in 146.Ox 2.7 . 147.Sh AUTHORS 148The 149.Nm 150utility was written by 151.An Alistair G. Crooks Aq Mt agc@NetBSD.org . 152