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-.Dd June 14, 2015
+.Dd September 12, 2016
.Dt PW 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Ar group
may be defined by either its name or group number.
.It Fl G Ar grouplist
-Set additional group memberships for an account.
+Set secondary group memberships for an account.
.Ar grouplist
-is a comma, space or tab-separated list of group names or group numbers.
-The user's name is added to the group lists in
-.Pa /etc/group ,
-and
-removed from any groups not specified in
-.Ar grouplist .
-Note: a user should not be added to their primary group with
+is a comma, space, or tab-separated list of group names or group numbers.
+The user is added to the groups specified in
+.Ar grouplist ,
+and removed from all groups not specified.
+The current login session is not affected by group membership changes,
+which only take effect when the user reconnects.
+Note: do not add a user to their primary group with
.Ar grouplist .
-Also, group membership changes do not take effect for current user login
-sessions, requiring the user to reconnect to be affected by the changes.
.It Fl L Ar class
This option sets the login class for the user being created.
See
.It Pa /var/log/userlog
User/group modification logfile
.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Add new user Glurmo Smith (gsmith).
+A gsmith login group is created if not already present.
+The login shell is set to
+.Xr csh 1 .
+A new home directory at
+.Pa /home/gsmith
+is created if it does not already exist.
+Finally, a random password is generated and displayed:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+pw useradd -n gsmith -c "Glurmo Smith" -s /bin/csh -m -w random
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Delete the gsmith user and their home directory, including contents.
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+pw userdel -n gsmith -r
+.Ed
.Sh EXIT STATUS
The
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