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.

 

EXIT STATUS¶

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