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

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 <agc@NetBSD.org>.