USERINFO(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual USERINFO(8)
NAME
userinfo - display user information
SYNOPSIS
userinfo [-e] user
DESCRIPTION
The userinfo utility displays information about the specified user. The
fields shown are defined in master.passwd(5). The encrypted password is
only displayed if the calling user is the superuser.
The options are as follows:
-e Do not display anything (quiet mode). 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 be either a user name or a user ID (UID).
EXIT STATUS
The userinfo utility exits 0 if user exists, and non-zero if it does not.
SEE ALSO
id(1), passwd(5), groupinfo(8), user(8)
HISTORY
The userinfo utility first appeared in OpenBSD 2.7.
AUTHORS
The userinfo utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks <
[email protected]>.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 November 29, 2016 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8