USER(8) BSD System Manager's Manual USER(8)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>.
BSD November 16, 2005 BSD
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USERINFO(8) BSD System Manager's Manual USERINFO(8)NAME
userinfo -- displays user information
SYNOPSIS
userinfo [-e] user
DESCRIPTION
The userinfo utility retrieves the user information from the system. The userinfo utility is only available if built with EXTENSIONS. See
user(8) for more information.
The following command line option is recognised:
-e Return 0 if the user exists, and non-zero if the user does not exist, on the system. No information is displayed. This form of the
command is useful for scripts which need to check whether a particular user name or uid is already in use on the system.
The user argument may either be a user's name, or a uid.
EXIT STATUS
The userinfo utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO passwd(5), group(8), user(8), useradd(8), userdel(8)HISTORY
The userinfo utility first appeared in NetBSD 1.5. It is based on the addnerd package by the same author.
AUTHORS
The userinfo utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>.
BSD November 16, 2005 BSD
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