.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
-.Dd Jan, 9, 1995
+.\"
+.Dd January 9, 1995
.Dt ADDUSER 8
-.Os FreeBSD 2.1
+.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm adduser
.Nd command for adding new users
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm adduser
-.Oo
-.Fl batch Ar username
-.Op Ar group Ns , Ns Op Ar group,...
-.Op Ar fullname
-.Op Ar password
-.Oc
+.Nm
+.Bk -words
.Op Fl check_only
+.Op Fl class Ar login_class
.Op Fl config_create
.Op Fl dotdir Ar dotdir
.Op Fl group Ar login_group
.Op Fl s | silent | q | quiet
.Op Fl uid Ar uid_start
.Op Fl v | verbose
+.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Adduser
-is a simple program for adding new users. Adduser checks
-the passwd, group and shell databases. It creates passwd/group entries,
-HOME-directory, dotfiles and sends the new user a welcome message.
+The
+.Nm
+utility is a simple program for adding new users. It checks
+the passwd, group and shell databases.
+It creates passwd/group entries,
+.Ev HOME
+directory, dotfiles and sends the new user a welcome message.
.Sh RESTRICTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
.It Sy username
-Login name. May contain only lowercase characters or digits. Maximum length
-is 16 characters (see
+Login name.
+May contain only lowercase characters or digits.
+Maximum length
+is 16 characters (see
.Xr setlogin 2
-BUGS section).
-The reasons for this limit are "Historical".
+BUGS section).
+The reasons for this limit are "Historical".
Given that people have traditionally wanted to break this
limit for aesthetic reasons, it's never been of great importance to break
such a basic fundamental parameter in UNIX.
-You can change
-.Dv UT_NAMESIZE
-in
+You can change
+.Dv UT_NAMESIZE
+in
.Pa /usr/include/utmp.h
and recompile the
world; people have done this and it works, but you will have problems
with any precompiled programs, or source that assumes the 8-character
-name limit and NIS. The NIS protocol mandates an 8-character username.
+name limit and NIS.
+The NIS protocol mandates an 8-character username.
If you need a longer login name for e-mail addresses,
you can define an alias in
-.Pa /etc/aliases .
+.Pa /etc/mail/aliases .
.It Sy fullname
-Firstname and surname.
+Firstname and surname.
The
-.Ql Pa \:
+.Ql Pa \&:
character is not allowed.
.It Sy shell
Only valid shells from the shell database or sliplogin and pppd
.It Sy uid
Automatically generated or your choice, must be less than 32000.
.It Sy gid/login group
-Your choice or automatically generated.
+Your choice or automatically generated.
.It Sy password
-If not empty, password is encoded with
+If not empty, password is encoded with
.Xr crypt 3 .
.El
.Sh UNIQUE GROUPS
-Perhaps you're missing what
+Perhaps you're missing what
.Em can
be done with this scheme that falls apart
with most other schemes. With each user in his/her own group the user can
I have been using this model for almost 10 years and found that it works
for most situations, and has never gotten in the way. (Rod Grimes)
.Sh CONFIGURATION
-.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
-.It Sy 1.
-Read intern variables.
-.It Sy 2.
-Read config file (/etc/adduser.conf)
-.It Sy 3.
-Parse command line options
+.Bl -enum
+.It
+Read internal variables.
+.It
+Read configuration file (/etc/adduser.conf).
+.It
+Parse command line options.
.El
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Sy -batch username [group[,group]...] [fullname] [password]
-Batch mode.
-.It Sy -check_only
+.It Fl check_only
Check /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/shells and exit.
-.It Sy -create_config
-Create new config and message file and exit.
-.It Sy -dotdir Ar directory
-Copy files from
-.Ar directory
-into the HOME-directory of new users,
+.It Fl class Ar login_class
+Set default login class.
+.It Fl config_create
+Create new configuration and message file and exit.
+.It Fl dotdir Ar directory
+Copy files from
+.Ar directory
+into the
+.Ev HOME
+directory of new users,
.Ql Pa dot.foo
-files renamed to
+will be renamed to
.Ql Pa .foo .
Don't copy files if
-.Ar directory
+.Ar directory
specified is equal to
.Ar no .
For security make all files writable and readable for owner,
don't allow group or world to write files and allow only owner
-to read/execute/write
-.Pa .rhost ,
-.Pa .Xauthority ,
-.Pa .kermrc ,
-.Pa .netrc ,
+to read/execute/write
+.Pa .rhost ,
+.Pa .Xauthority ,
+.Pa .kermrc ,
+.Pa .netrc ,
.Pa Mail ,
-.Pa prv ,
-.Pa iscreen ,
+.Pa prv ,
+.Pa iscreen ,
.Pa term .
-.It Sy -group Ar login_group
-Login group.
+.It Fl group Ar login_group
+Login group.
.Ar USER
-means use username as login group.
-.It Sy -help,-h,-?
-Print options and exit.
-.It Sy -home Ar partition
+means that the username is to be used as login group.
+.It Fl help , h , \&?
+Print a summary of options and exit.
+.It Fl home Ar partition
Default home partition where all users located.
-.It Sy -message Ar file
-Send new users a welcome message.
-Don't send message if
-.Ar file
-equal with
-.Ar no .
-.It Sy -noconfig
-Do not read config file.
-.It Sy -shell Ar shell
+.It Fl message Ar file
+Send new users a welcome message from
+.Ar file .
+Specifying a value of
+.Ar no
+for
+.Ar file
+causes no message to be sent to new users.
+.It Fl noconfig
+Do not read the default configuration file.
+.It Fl shell Ar shell
Default shell for new users.
-.It Sy -silent,-s,-quiet,-q
-Few warnings, questions, bug reports.
-.It Sy -uid Ar uid
-Use uid's from
+.It Fl silent , s , quiet , q
+Few warnings, questions, bug reports.
+.It Fl uid Ar uid
+Use uid's from
.Ar uid
on up.
-.It Sy -verbose,-v
-Many warnings, questions. Recommended for novice users.
+.It Fl verbose , v
+Many warnings, questions.
+Recommended for novice users.
+.El
.Sh FORMATS
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
.Ql Pa #
-is a comment.
-.It Sy config file
-.Nm Adduser
-reads and writes this file.
-See
+is a comment.
+.It Sy configuration file
+The
+.Nm
+utility reads and writes this file.
+See
.Pa /etc/adduser.conf
for more details.
.It Sy message file
-Eval variables in this file. See
+Eval variables in this file.
+See
.Pa /etc/adduser.message
for more
details.
.El
-.Sh EXAMPLES
-.Pp
-$ adduser
-.Pp
-Start adduser in interactive mode.
-.Pp
-$ adduser -batch baerenklau guest,staff,baer 'Teddy II' qwerty7
-.Pp
-Create user 'baerenklau' and login group 'baerenklau'. Invite user
-baerenklau into groups guest, staff and baer. Realname (fullname)
-is 'Teddy II'. Password is 'qwerty7' (don't use such passwords!). Create
-HOME directory
-.Pa /home/baerenklau
-and copy all files and directories
-from
-.Pa /usr/share/skel
-to
-.Pa /home/baerenklau .
-Send user baerenklau
-a welcome message.
-.Pp
-$ adduser -uid 5000 -group guest -message no -batch vehlefanz
-.Pp
-Create user 'vehlefanz'. Login group is guest. Uid next available uid
-after 5000, for instance 5007. No other groups, no realname, no password.
-Do not send a welcome message.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwdxx -compact
.It Pa /etc/master.passwd
group database
.It Pa /etc/shells
shell database
+.It Pa /etc/login.conf
+login classes database
.It Pa /etc/adduser.conf
-config file for adduser
+configuration file for adduser
.It Pa /etc/adduser.message
message file for adduser
.It Pa /usr/share/skel
.Xr finger 1 ,
.Xr passwd 1 ,
.Xr setlogin 2 ,
-.Xr yp 4 ,
.Xr aliases 5 ,
.Xr group 5 ,
+.Xr login.conf 5 ,
.Xr passwd 5 ,
.Xr shells 5 ,
-.Xr addgroup 8 ,
+.Xr pw 8 ,
.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
-.Xr rmgroup 8 ,
.Xr rmuser 8 ,
-.Xr vipw 8
+.Xr vipw 8 ,
+.Xr yp 8
.\" .Sh BUGS
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-command appeared in
+utility appeared in
.Fx 2.1 .
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