USER(8)

NAME
user - manage user login information on the system

SYNOPSIS
add [-D] [-b base-dir] [-e expiry-time] [-f inactive-secs] [-g gid/name/=uid] [-r low..high]
add [-G secondary-group] [-b base-dir] [-c comment] [-d home-dir] [-e expiry-time] [-f inactive-secs] [-g gid/name/=uid] [-k skel-dir] [-m] [-o] [-p password] [-r low..high] [-s shell] [-u uid] [-v] user
del [-D] [-p preserve-value]
del [-p] [-r] [-v] user
info [-e] [-v] user
mod [-G secondary-group] [-c comment] [-d home-dir] [-e expiry-time] [-f inactive-secs] [-g gid/name/=uid] [-l new-login] [-m] [-o] [-p password] [-s shell] [-u uid] [-v] user

DESCRIPTION
The user utility acts as a frontend to the useradd(8), usermod(8), userinfo(8), and userdel(8) commands.

For a full explanation of the options, please see the relevant manual page.

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

HISTORY
The user utility first appeared in NetBSD 1.5. It is based on the addnerd package by the same author.

AUTHOR
The user utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks (agc@netbsd.org).

SEE ALSO
chpass(1), group(5), /etc/skel/.[A-z]*, /etc/usermgmt.conf, /usr/share/examples/usermgmt, passwd(5), useradd(8), userdel(8), userinfo(8), usermod(8).