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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 18.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" 26.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.conf.5,v 1.4 2004/06/13 18:03:39 ru Exp $ 27.\" $DragonFly: src/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.conf.5,v 1.1 2004/06/21 17:47:12 cpressey Exp $ 28.\" 29.Dd March 30, 2004 30.Dt ADDUSER.CONF 5 31.Os 32.Sh NAME 33.Nm adduser.conf 34.Nd 35.Xr adduser 8 36configuration file 37.Sh DESCRIPTION 38The 39.Pa /etc/adduser.conf 40file is used to pre-set certain configuration options for 41the 42.Xr adduser 8 43utility. 44When 45.Xr adduser 8 46is invoked, it will check to see if this file exists, and 47if so, the configuration will be used or offered as the 48default settings. 49The 50.Nm 51file offers three types of configuration: 52.Bl -bullet 53.It 54Default settings offered by 55.Xr adduser 8 . 56These options are specified in the configuration file and offered 57as the default during every invocation of the 58.Xr adduser 8 59utility. 60.It 61Configuration options which can be set in 62.Nm , 63but overridden by passing a flag to 64.Xr adduser 8 . 65.It 66Configuration supported by 67.Xr adduser 8 68but not offered by a flag or during initial invocation. 69.El 70.Pp 71In the first case, these options can be set in 72.Nm 73but will still be offered when 74.Xr adduser 8 75is invoked. 76In the second case, 77.Xr adduser 8 78will read the configuration data unless a flag 79has been passed to override it. 80For example, the 81.Va defaultshell 82option. 83In the third case, the configuration will be utilized, but the 84user will never be prompted to modify the default setting by 85either a flag or an 86.Xr adduser 8 87prompt. 88For example, the 89.Va upwexpire 90setting. 91.Pp 92The following configuration options can be set in 93.Nm : 94.Bl -tag -width ".Va defaultgroups" -offset indent 95.It Va defaultLgroup 96The default group new users will be added to. 97.It Va defaultclass 98The default class to place users in as described in 99.Xr login.conf 5 . 100.It Va defaultgroups 101This option is used to specify what other groups the new account 102should be added to. 103.It Va passwdtype 104May be one of 105.Cm no , none , random , 106or 107.Cm yes , 108as described in 109.Xr adduser 8 . 110As such, the text is not duplicated here and may be 111read in 112.Xr adduser 8 . 113.It Va homeprefix 114The default home directory prefix, usually 115.Pa /home . 116.It Va defaultshell 117The user's default shell which may be any of the shells listed in 118.Xr shells 5 . 119.It Va udotdir 120Defines the location of the default shell and environment 121configuration files. 122.It Va msgfile 123Location of the default new user message file. 124This message will be sent to all new users if specified 125here or at the 126.Xr adduser 8 127prompt. 128.It Va disableflag 129The default message enclosed in brackets for the 130lock account prompt. 131.It Va upwexpire 132The default password expiration time. 133Format of the date is either a 134.Ux 135time in decimal, or a date in 136.Sm off 137.Ar dd No - Ar mmm No - Ar yy Op Ar yy 138.Sm on 139format, where 140.Ar dd 141is the day, 142.Ar mmm 143is the month in either numeric or 144alphabetic format, and 145.Ar yy Ns Op Ar yy 146is either a two or four digit year. 147This option also accepts a relative date in the form of 148.Sm off 149.Ar n Op Ar m h d w o y 150.Sm on 151where 152.Ar n 153is a decimal, octal (leading 0) or hexadecimal (leading 0x) digit 154followed by the number of Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months or 155Years from the current date at 156which the expiration time is to be set. 157.It Va uexpire 158The default account expire time. 159The format is similar to the 160.Va upwexpire 161option. 162.It Va ugecos 163The default information to be held in the GECOS field of 164.Pa /etc/master.passwd . 165.It Va uuid 166The default user ID setting. 167This must be a number above 1000 and fewer than 65534. 168.El 169.Sh EXAMPLES 170The following is an example 171.Nm 172file created with the 173.Fl C 174.Xr adduser 8 175flag and modified. 176.Bd -literal -offset indent 177# Configuration file for adduser(8). 178# NOTE: only *some* variables are saved. 179# Last Modified on Fri Mar 30 14:04:05 EST 2004. 180 181defaultLgroup= 182defaultclass= 183defaultgroups= 184passwdtype=yes 185homeprefix=/home 186defaultshell=/bin/csh 187udotdir=/usr/share/skel 188msgfile=/etc/adduser.msg 189disableflag= 190upwexpire=91d # Expire passwords 91 days after creation. 191.Ed 192.Sh SEE ALSO 193.Xr group 5 , 194.Xr passwd 5 , 195.Xr adduser 8 , 196.Xr pw 8 , 197.Xr rmuser 8 198.Sh HISTORY 199The 200.Nm 201manual page first appeared in 202.Fx 5.3 . 203.Sh AUTHORS 204This manual page was written by 205.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org . 206