NAME

user — manage user login information on the system

SYNOPSIS

user	add -D [options]

user	add [options] user

user	del -D [options]

user	del [options] user

user	info [options] user

user	mod [options] user

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.

EXIT STATUS

The user utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

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.

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>.