USER(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual USER(8)
NAME
user - manage user login information on the system
SYNOPSIS
user add -D [-b base-directory] [-e expiry-time] [-f inactive-time]
[-g gid | name | =uid] [-k skel-directory] [-L login-class]
[-r low..high] [-s shell]
user add [-mov] [-b base-directory] [-c comment] [-d home-directory]
[-e expiry-time] [-f inactive-time] [-G secondary-group[,group,...]]
[-g gid | name | =uid] [-k skel-directory] [-L login-class]
[-p password] [-r low..high] [-s shell] [-u uid] user
user del -D [-p preserve-value]
user del [-prv] user
user info [-e] user
user mod [-mov] [-c comment] [-d home-directory] [-e expiry-time]
[-f inactive-time] [-G secondary-group[,group,...]]
[-g gid | name | =uid] [-L login-class] [-l new-login] [-p password]
[-s shell] [-u uid] 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, see the relevant manual page.
FILES
/etc/skel/.[A-z]* Skeleton files for new user
/etc/usermgmt.conf Configuration file for user, group(8) and those
backend commands
EXIT STATUS
The user utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
chpass(1), group(5), passwd(5), usermgmt.conf(5), useradd(8), userdel(8),
userinfo(8), usermod(8)
STANDARDS
Other implementations of the user utilities use the inactive-time
parameter to refer to the maximum number of days allowed between logins
(this is used to lock "stale" accounts that have not been used for a
period of time). However, on OpenBSD systems this parameter refers
instead to the password change time. This is due to differences in the
passwd(5) database compared to other operating systems.
HISTORY
The user utility first appeared in OpenBSD 2.7.
AUTHORS
The user utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks <
[email protected]>.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 February 6, 2022 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8