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USER(8) System Manager's Manual USER(8) NAME user - manage user login information on the system SYNOPSIS user add -D [options] user add [options] user user del -D [options] user del [options] user user info [options] user user mod [options] user DESCRIPTION The user utility acts as a frontend to the useradd(8), usermod(8), userinfo(8), and userdel(8) commands. The utilities by default are built with EXTENSIONS. This allows for further functionality. For a full explanation of the options available, please 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 the backend commands mentioned above. 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) HISTORY The user utility first appeared in NetBSD 1.5. It is based on the addnerd package by the same author. AUTHORS The user utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>. NetBSD 10.99 November 16, 2005 NetBSD 10.99