adduser/adduser.1

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  28 .Dd December 28, 1994
  29 .Dt ADDUSER 1
  30 .Os FreeBSD
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  32 .Sh NAME
  33 .Nm adduser
  34
  35 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  36 .Nm
  37
  38 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  39 .Nm
  40 is a Perl script for adding users under a BSD system.  It has the ability to
  41 keep track of the current userid and increment this automaticly.  It can
  42 also use a default group id.
  43 .Ss SETUP
  44 In the normal course of usage there is no setup needed.  If you wish to use
  45 auto-increment mode, you must do two things.
  46
  47 .Bl -enum -compact
  48 .It
  49 Change the variable in
  50 .Pa /etc/adduser.conf
  51 to allow for the auto-increment
  52 .It
  53 Change the file
  54 .Pa /etc/userids
  55 to show the current id number.
  56 .El
  57
  58 To use the default group id, just change the variable in
  59 .Pa /etc/adduser.conf
  60 to reflect the group that you wish as a default.
  61
  62 .Sh FILES
  63 .Pa /etc/adduser.conf
  64 .Pa /etc/userids
  65 .Pa /usr/share/skel/*
  66
  67 .Sh SEE ALSO
  68 .Xr adduser 8
  69 .Xr perl 1
  70
  71 .Sh HISTORY
  72 The adduser command appeared in FreeBSD 2.0C (12-94).
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