lusermod(1) General Commands Manual lusermod(1)

NAME
       lusermod - Modify an user


SYNOPSIS
       lusermod [OPTION]... user


DESCRIPTION
       Modifies the user with name user.


OPTIONS
       -c, gecos=gecos
              Set  user's GECOS field to gecos.  The GECOS field is tradition‐
              ally 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 per‐
              formed 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.


       commonname=name
              Set user's common name to name.  This  attribute  is  only  sup‐
              ported  in  some  backends  (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have
              further limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).


       givenname=name
              Set user's given name to name.  This attribute is only supported
              in  some  backends  (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have further
              limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).


       homephone=phone
              Set user's home telephone number to phone.   This  attribute  is
              only  supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may
              have further limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).


       roomnumber=room
              Set user's room number to room.  This  attribute  is  only  sup‐
              ported  in  some  backends  (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have
              further limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).


       surname=name
              Set user's surname to name.  This attribute is only supported in
              some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have further limi‐
              tations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).


       telephonenumber=phone
              Set user's telephone number to phone.  This  attribute  is  only
              supported  in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have
              further limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).


EXIT STATUS
       The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.



libuser                           2009-12-11                       lusermod(1)