Man page - lusermod(1)

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Package:  libuser
apt-get install libuser

Manuals in package:
• lusermod(1)
• luserdel(1)
• luseradd(1)
• libuser.conf(5)
• lchage(1)
• lchfn(1)
• lchsh(1)
• lgroupadd(1)
• lgroupmod(1)
• lpasswd(1)
• lgroupdel(1)
• lnewusers(1)
• libuser-lid(1)
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• libuser

Manual

lusermod

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXIT STATUS

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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 GECOS field to gecos . The 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 .

--commonname = name

Set user ’s common 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).

--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 supported 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 limitations (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.

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