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.Dd November 16, 2005 .Dt USER 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm user .Nd manage user login information on the system .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Cm add .Fl D .Op options .Nm .Cm add .Op options .Ar user .Nm .Cm del .Fl D .Op options .Nm .Cm del .Op options .Ar user .Nm .Cm info .Op options .Ar user .Nm .Cm mod .Op options .Ar user .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility acts as a frontend to the .Xr useradd 8 , .Xr usermod 8 , .Xr userinfo 8 , and .Xr userdel 8 commands. The utilities by default are built with .Dv EXTENSIONS . This allows for further functionality.
p
For a full explanation of the options available, please see the relevant manual page.
.Sh FILES
l -tag -width /usr/share/examples/usermgmt -compact t Pa /etc/skel/.[A-z]* Skeleton files for new user
t Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf Configuration file for
.Nm ,
.Xr group 8
and the backend commands mentioned above.
.It Pa /usr/share/examples/usermgmt
A directory containing examples for
.Nm
and
.Xr group 8 .
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std user
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chpass 1 ,
.Xr group 5 ,
.Xr passwd 5 ,
.Xr usermgmt.conf 5 ,
.Xr useradd 8 ,
.Xr userdel 8 ,
.Xr userinfo 8 ,
.Xr usermod 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Nx 1.5 .
It is based on the
.Ar addnerd
package by the same author.
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
utility was written by
.An Alistair G. Crooks
.Aq agc@NetBSD.org .