lusermod
Section: User Commands  (1)
Updated: Feb 27 2008
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NAME
lusermod - Modify an user
 
SYNOPSIS
lusermod [OPTION]... user
 
DESCRIPTION
Modifies the user with name user.
 
OPTIONS
- -c, --gecos=gecos
- 
Set user's SM]GECOS field to gecos.
The SM]GECOS field is traditionally used to store user's real name
and other information.
 
- -d, --directory=directory
- 
Set user's home directory to directory.
 
- -g, --gid=gid
- 
Change user's primary group ID to gid.
If group with ID
gid
does not exist,
a warning is printed,
but the operation is performed anyway.
 
- -i, --interactive 
- 
Ask all questions when connecting to the user database,
even if default answers are set up in
libuser
configuration.
 
- -L, --lock
- 
Lock user's account.
This prevents logging in using user's password.
 
- -l, --login=name
- 
Rename user to name.
 
- -m, --movedirectory
- 
After changing user's home directory (using the -d option),
move the old home directory to the new location.
 
- -P, --plainpassword=password
- 
Set user's password to password.
Note that the password can be viewed while running
lusermod
using tools such as
ps(1).
 
- -p, --password=encrypted
- 
Set user's password to the password represented by the hash
encrypted.
Note that the hash can be viewed while running
lusermod
using tools such as
ps(1).
 
- -s, --shell=shell
- 
Set user's login shell to shell.
 
- -U, --unlock
- 
Unlock user's account.
 
- -u, --uid=uid
- 
Change user's user ID to uid.
 
EXIT STATUS
The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.