README revision 50479
126004Smsmith 227814Smsmithpw is a command-line driven passwd/group editor utility that provides 326004Smsmithan easy and safe means of modifying of any/all fields in the system 426004Smsmithpassword files, and has an add, modify and delete mode for user and 526004Smsmithgroup records. Command line options have been fashioned to be similar 626004Smsmithto those used by the Sun/shadow commands: useradd, usermod, userdel, 726004Smsmithgroupadd, groupmod, groupdel, but combines all operations within the 826004Smsmithsingle command `pw'. 926004Smsmith 1026004SmsmithUser add mode also provides a means of easily setting system useradd 1126004Smsmithdefaults (see pw.conf.5), so that adding a user is as easy as issuing 1226004Smsmiththe command "pw useradd <loginid>". Creation of a unique primary 1327814Smsmithgroup for each user and automatic memberhip in secondary groups 1427814Smsmithis fully supported. 1527814Smsmith 1627814SmsmithThis program may be FreeBSD specific, but should be trivial to port to 1727814Smsmithother bsd4.4 variants. 1826004Smsmith 1926004SmsmithAuthor and maintainer: David L. Nugent, <davidn@blaze.net.au> 2026004Smsmith 2126004Smsmith$FreeBSD: head/usr.sbin/pw/README 50479 1999-08-28 01:35:59Z peter $ 2226004Smsmith 2326004Smsmith