minix/usr.sbin/user/user.8
Ben Gras 5c00743626 Switch to NetBSD passwd format
Based on work by Vivek Prakash and Gianluca Guida.

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	. restores netbsd libc pwcache functions
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.\" $NetBSD: user.8,v 1.23 2005/11/25 08:00:18 agc Exp $ */
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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.
.Pp
For a full explanation of the options available, please see the relevant manual page.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std user
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/examples/usermgmt -compact
.It Pa /etc/skel/.[A-z]*
Skeleton files for new user
.It 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 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 .