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-.Dd December 9, 1996
+.Dd February 8, 2019
.Dt PW 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nd create, remove, modify & display system users and groups
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
+.Op Fl R Ar rootdir
.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
.Ar useradd
-.Op name|uid
+.Oo Fl n Oc name Oo Fl u Ar uid Oc
.Op Fl C Ar config
.Op Fl q
-.Op Fl n Ar name
-.Op Fl u Ar uid
.Op Fl c Ar comment
.Op Fl d Ar dir
.Op Fl e Ar date
.Op Fl g Ar group
.Op Fl G Ar grouplist
.Op Fl m
+.Op Fl M Ar mode
.Op Fl k Ar dir
+.Op Fl w Ar method
.Op Fl s Ar shell
.Op Fl o
.Op Fl L Ar class
-.Op Fl h Ar fd
+.Op Fl h Ar fd | Fl H Ar fd
.Op Fl N
.Op Fl P
.Op Fl Y
.Nm
+.Op Fl R Ar rootdir
.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
.Ar useradd
-.Op name|uid
.Fl D
.Op Fl C Ar config
.Op Fl q
.Op Fl g Ar group
.Op Fl G Ar grouplist
.Op Fl k Ar dir
+.Op Fl M Ar mode
.Op Fl u Ar min , Ns Ar max
.Op Fl i Ar min , Ns Ar max
.Op Fl w Ar method
.Op Fl s Ar shell
.Op Fl y Ar path
.Nm
+.Op Fl R Ar rootdir
.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
.Ar userdel
-.Op name|uid
-.Op Fl n Ar name
-.Op Fl u Ar uid
+.Oo Fl n Oc name|uid | Fl u Ar uid
.Op Fl r
.Op Fl Y
.Nm
+.Op Fl R Ar rootdir
.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
.Ar usermod
-.Op name|uid
+.Oo Fl n Oc name|uid Oo Fl u Ar newuid Oc | Fl u Ar uid
.Op Fl C Ar config
.Op Fl q
-.Op Fl n Ar name
-.Op Fl u Ar uid
.Op Fl c Ar comment
.Op Fl d Ar dir
.Op Fl e Ar date
.Op Fl p Ar date
.Op Fl g Ar group
.Op Fl G Ar grouplist
-.Op Fl l Ar name
+.Op Fl l Ar newname
.Op Fl m
+.Op Fl M Ar mode
.Op Fl k Ar dir
.Op Fl w Ar method
.Op Fl s Ar shell
.Op Fl L Ar class
-.Op Fl h Ar fd
+.Op Fl h Ar fd | Fl H Ar fd
.Op Fl N
.Op Fl P
.Op Fl Y
.Nm
+.Op Fl R Ar rootdir
.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
.Ar usershow
-.Op name|uid
-.Op Fl n Ar name
-.Op Fl u Ar uid
+.Oo Fl n Oc name|uid | Fl u Ar uid
.Op Fl F
.Op Fl P
+.Op Fl 7
.Op Fl a
.Nm
+.Op Fl R Ar rootdir
.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
.Ar usernext
.Op Fl C Ar config
.Op Fl q
.Nm
+.Op Fl R Ar rootdir
.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
.Ar groupadd
-.Op group|gid
+.Oo Fl n Oc name Oo Fl g Ar gid Oc
.Op Fl C Ar config
.Op Fl q
-.Op Fl n Ar group
-.Op Fl g Ar gid
.Op Fl M Ar members
.Op Fl o
-.Op Fl h Ar fd
+.Op Fl h Ar fd | Fl H Ar fd
.Op Fl N
.Op Fl P
.Op Fl Y
.Nm
+.Op Fl R Ar rootdir
.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
.Ar groupdel
-.Op group|gid
-.Op Fl n Ar name
-.Op Fl g Ar gid
+.Oo Fl n Oc name|gid | Fl g Ar gid
.Op Fl Y
.Nm
+.Op Fl R Ar rootdir
.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
.Ar groupmod
-.Op group|gid
+.Oo Fl n Oc name|gid Oo Fl g Ar newgid Oc | Fl g Ar gid
.Op Fl C Ar config
.Op Fl q
-.Op Fl F
-.Op Fl n Ar name
-.Op Fl g Ar gid
-.Op Fl l Ar name
+.Op Fl l Ar newname
.Op Fl M Ar members
.Op Fl m Ar newmembers
-.Op Fl h Ar fd
+.Op Fl d Ar oldmembers
+.Op Fl h Ar fd | Fl H Ar fd
.Op Fl N
.Op Fl P
.Op Fl Y
.Nm
+.Op Fl R Ar rootdir
.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
.Ar groupshow
-.Op group|gid
-.Op Fl n Ar name
-.Op Fl g Ar gid
+.Oo Fl n Oc name|gid | Fl g Ar gid
.Op Fl F
.Op Fl P
.Op Fl a
.Nm
+.Op Fl R Ar rootdir
.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
.Ar groupnext
.Op Fl C Ar config
.Op Fl q
.Nm
+.Op Fl R Ar rootdir
.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
.Ar lock
-.Op name|uid
+.Oo Fl n Oc name|uid | Fl u Ar uid
.Op Fl C Ar config
.Op Fl q
.Nm
+.Op Fl R Ar rootdir
.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
.Ar unlock
-.Op name|uid
+.Oo Fl n Oc name|uid | Fl u Ar uid
.Op Fl C Ar config
.Op Fl q
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Pw
-is a command-line based editor for the system
+The
+.Nm
+utility is a command-line based editor for the system
.Ar user
and
.Ar group
modifying and removing users and groups.
Note that
.Nm
-only operates on the local user and group files. NIS users and groups must be
-maintained on the NIS server.
-.Nm Pw
-handles updating the
-.Pa passwd ,
-.Pa master.passwd ,
+only operates on the local user and group files.
+.Tn NIS
+users and groups must be
+maintained on the
+.Tn NIS
+server.
+The
+.Nm
+utility handles updating the
+.Pa passwd ,
+.Pa master.passwd ,
.Pa group
and the secure and insecure
password database files, and must be run as root.
.Pp
The first one or two keywords provided to
-.Nm
+.Nm
on the command line provide the context for the remainder of the arguments.
The keywords
.Ar user
.Ar next
in any order.
(For example,
-.Ar showuser ,
-.Ar usershow ,
+.Ar showuser ,
+.Ar usershow ,
.Ar show user ,
and
.Ar user show
This flexibility is useful for interactive scripts calling
.Nm
for user and group database manipulation.
-Following these keywords, you may optionally specify the user or group name or numeric
-id as an alternative to using the
+Following these keywords,
+the user or group name or numeric id may be optionally specified as an
+alternative to using the
.Fl n Ar name ,
.Fl u Ar uid ,
.Fl g Ar gid
options.
.Pp
-The following flags are common to most or all modes of operation;
-.Pp
+The following flags are common to most or all modes of operation:
.Bl -tag -width "-G grouplist"
+.It Fl R Ar rootdir
+Specifies an alternate root directory within which
+.Nm
+will operate.
+Any paths specified will be relative to
+.Va rootdir .
.It Fl V Ar etcdir
-This flag sets an alternate location for the password, group and configuration files,
-and may be used to maintain a user/group database in an alternate location.
+Set an alternate location for the password, group, and configuration files.
+Can be used to maintain a user/group database in an alternate location.
If this switch is specified, the system
.Pa /etc/pw.conf
-will not be sourced for default configuration data, but the file pw.conf in the
-specified directory will be used instead (or none, if it does not exist).
+will not be sourced for default configuration data,
+but the file pw.conf in the specified directory will be used instead
+.Pq or none, if it does not exist .
The
.Fl C
flag may be used to override this behaviour.
As an exception to the general rule where options must follow the operation
type, the
.Fl V
-flag may be used on the command line before the operation keyword.
+flag must be used on the command line before the operation keyword.
.It Fl C Ar config
By default,
.Nm
.It Fl q
Use of this option causes
.Nm
-to suppress error messages, which may be useful in interactive environments where it
+to suppress error messages,
+which may be useful in interactive environments where it
is preferable to interpret status codes returned by
.Nm
rather than messing up a carefully formatted display.
.It Fl N
-This option is available in
-.Ar add
-and
-.Ar modify
+This option is available in
+.Ar add
+and
+.Ar modify
operations, and tells
.Nm
to output the result of the operation without updating the user or group
.Xr make 1
after changing to the directory
.Pa /var/yp .
-This is intended to allow automatic updating of NIS database files.
-If separate passwd and group files are being used by NIS, then use the
+This is intended to allow automatic updating of
+.Tn NIS
+database files.
+If separate passwd and group files are being used by
+.Tn NIS ,
+then use the
.Fl y Ar path
-option to specify the location of the NIS passwd database so that
+option to specify the location of the
+.Tn NIS
+passwd database so that
.Nm
will concurrently update it with the system password
databases.
.El
-.Pp
.Sh USER OPTIONS
The following options apply to the
.Ar useradd
and
.Ar usermod
commands:
-.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "-G grouplist"
-.It Fl n Ar name
+.It Oo Fl n Oc Ar name
+Required unless
+.Fl u Ar uid
+is given.
Specify the user/account name.
+In the case of
+.Ar usermod
+can be a uid.
.It Fl u Ar uid
+Required if
+.Ar name
+is not given.
Specify the user/account numeric id.
+In the case of
+.Ar usermod
+if paired with
+.Ar name ,
+changes the numeric id of the named user/account.
.Pp
-Usually, you only need to provide one or the other of these options, as the account
-name will imply the uid, or vice versa.
-However, there are times when you need to provide both.
+Usually, only one of these options is required,
+as the account name will imply the uid, or vice versa.
+However, there are times when both are needed.
For example, when changing the uid of an existing user with
.Ar usermod ,
-or overriding the default uid when creating a new account.
-If you wish
-.Nm
-to automatically allocate the uid to a new user with
+or overriding the default uid when creating a new account with
+.Ar useradd .
+To automatically allocate the uid to a new user with
.Ar useradd ,
-then you should
+then do
.Em not
use the
.Fl u
option.
-You may also provide either the account or userid immediately after the
+Either the account or userid can also be provided immediately after the
.Ar useradd ,
.Ar userdel ,
.Ar usermod
keywords on the command line without using the
.Fl n
or
-.Fl u
+.Fl u
options.
.El
-.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "-G grouplist"
.It Fl c Ar comment
-This field sets the contents of the passwd GECOS field, which normally contains up
-to four comma-separated fields containing the user's full name, office or location,
+This field sets the contents of the passwd GECOS field,
+which normally contains up to four comma-separated fields containing the
+user's full name, office or location,
and work and home phone numbers.
These sub-fields are used by convention only, however, and are optional.
-If this field is to contain spaces, you need to quote the comment itself with double
-quotes
+If this field is to contain spaces,
+the comment must be enclosed in double quotes
.Ql \&" .
-Avoid using commas in this field as these are used as sub-field separators, and the
-colon
+Avoid using commas in this field as these are used as sub-field separators,
+and the colon
.Ql \&:
character also cannot be used as this is the field separator for the passwd
file itself.
.It Fl d Ar dir
This option sets the account's home directory.
-Normally, you will only use this if the home directory is to be different from the
-default determined from
+Normally,
+this is only used if the home directory is to be different from the
+default determined from
.Pa /etc/pw.conf
- normally
.Pa /home
with the account name as a subdirectory.
.It Fl e Ar date
-Set the account's expiration date.
+Set the account's expiration date.
Format of the date is either a UNIX time in decimal, or a date in
.Ql dd-mmm-yy[yy]
-format, where dd is the day, mmm is the month, either in numeric or alphabetic format
+format, where dd is the day,
+mmm is the month, either in numeric or alphabetic format
('Jan', 'Feb', etc) and year is either a two or four digit year.
This option also accepts a relative date in the form
.Ql \&+n[mhdwoy]
where
.Ql \&n
-is a decimal, octal (leading 0) or hexadecimal (leading 0x) digit followed by the
+is a decimal,
+octal (leading 0) or hexadecimal (leading 0x) digit followed by the
number of Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months or Years from the current date at
which the expiration date is to be set.
.It Fl p Ar date
.Ar group
may be defined by either its name or group number.
.It Fl G Ar grouplist
-Sets additional group memberships for an account.
+Set secondary group memberships for an account.
.Ar grouplist
-is a comma-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
+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 .
-Note: a user should not be added 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
.Xr login.conf 5
+and
+.Xr passwd 5
for more information on user login classes.
.It Fl m
This option instructs
to attempt to create the user's home directory.
While primarily useful when adding a new account with
.Ar useradd ,
-this may also be of use when moving an existing user's home directory elsewhere on
-the filesystem.
+this may also be of use when moving an existing user's home directory elsewhere
+on the file system.
The new home directory is populated with the contents of the
.Ar skeleton
directory, which typically contains a set of shell configuration files that the
user may personalize to taste.
+Files in this directory are usually named
+.Pa dot . Ns Aq Ar config
+where the
+.Pa dot
+prefix will be stripped.
When
.Fl m
is used on an account with
.Em not
overwritten from the skeleton files.
.Pp
-When a user's home directory is created, it will by default be a subdirectory of the
+When a user's home directory is created,
+it will by default be a subdirectory of the
.Ar basehome
directory as specified by the
-.Fl b
+.Fl b
option (see below), bearing the name of the new account.
This can be overridden by the
-.Fl d
+.Fl d
option on the command line, if desired.
+.It Fl M Ar mode
+Create the user's home directory with the specified
+.Ar mode ,
+modified by the current
+.Xr umask 2 .
+If omitted, it is derived from the parent process'
+.Xr umask 2 .
+This option is only useful in combination with the
+.Fl m
+flag.
.It Fl k Ar dir
Set the
.Ar skeleton
This option only has meaning when used with the
.Fl d
or
-.Fl m
+.Fl m
flags.
.It Fl s Ar shell
Set or changes the user's login shell to
and allows for such entries as
.Pa /nonexistent
that should be set for accounts not intended for interactive login.
-.It Fl L Ar class
-Set the
-.Em class
-field in the user's passwd record.
-This field is not currently used, but will be used in the future to specify a
-.Em termcap
-entry like tag.
-See
-.Xr passwd 5
-for details.
.It Fl h Ar fd
This option provides a special interface by which interactive scripts can
set an account password using
then the password will be set to
.Ql \&* ,
rendering the account inaccessible via password-based login.
+.It Fl H Ar fd
+Read an encrypted password string from the specified file descriptor.
+This is like
+.Fl h ,
+but the password should be supplied already encrypted in a form
+suitable for writing directly to the password database.
.El
.Pp
It is possible to use
but it may be set elsewhere as desired.
.It Fl e Ar days
Set the default account expiration period in days.
-Unlike use without
-.Fl D ,
-the argument must be numeric, which specifies the number of days after creation when
-the account is to expire.
+When
+.Fl D
+is used, the
+.Ar days
+argument is interpreted differently.
+It must be numeric and represents the number of days after creation
+that the account expires.
A value of 0 suppresses automatic calculation of the expiry date.
.It Fl p Ar days
Set the default password expiration period in days.
+When
+.Fl D
+is used, the
+.Ar days
+argument is interpreted differently.
+It must be numeric and represents the number of days after creation
+that the account expires.
+A value of 0 suppresses automatic calculation of the expiry date.
.It Fl g Ar group
Set the default group for new users.
If a blank group is specified using
If a group is supplied, either its name or uid may be given as an argument.
.It Fl G Ar grouplist
Set the default groups in which new users are granted membership.
-This is a separate set of groups from the primary group, and you should avoid
-nominating the same group as both primary and extra groups.
+This is a separate set of groups from the primary group.
+Avoid nominating the same group as both primary and extra groups.
In other words, these extra groups determine membership in groups
.Em other than
the primary group.
.It Fl k Ar dir
Set the default
.Em skeleton
-directory, from which prototype shell and other initialization files are copied when
+directory,
+from which prototype shell and other initialization files are copied when
.Nm
creates a user's home directory.
+See description of
+.Fl k
+for naming conventions of these files.
.It Xo
.Fl u Ar min , Ns Ar max ,
.Fl i Ar min , Ns Ar max
.Xc
-These options set the minimum and maximum user and group ids allocated for new accounts
-and groups created by
+Set the minimum and maximum user and group ids allocated for new
+accounts and groups created by
.Nm .
The default values for each is 1000 minimum and 32000 maximum.
.Ar min
and
.Ar max
-are both numbers, where max must be greater than min, and both must be between 0
-and 32767.
-In general, user and group ids less than 100 are reserved for use by the system,
-and numbers greater than 32000 may also be reserved for special purposes (used by
-some system daemons).
+are both numbers, where max must be greater than min,
+and both must be between 0 and 32767.
+In general,
+user and group ids less than 100 are reserved for use by the system,
+and numbers greater than 32000 may also be reserved for special purposes
+.Pq used by some system daemons .
.It Fl w Ar method
The
.Fl w
-option sets the default method used to set passwords for newly created user accounts.
+option selects the default method used to set passwords for newly created user
+accounts.
.Ar method
is one of:
.Pp
.Ql \&no
methods are the most secure; in the former case,
.Nm
-generates a password and prints it to stdout, which is suitable where you issue
-users with passwords to access their accounts rather than having the user nominate
-their own (possibly poorly chosen) password.
+generates a password and prints it to stdout,
+which is suitable when users are issued passwords rather than being allowed
+to select their own
+.Pq possibly poorly chosen
+password.
The
.Ql \&no
method requires that the superuser use
.Xr passwd 1
to render the account accessible with a password.
.It Fl y Ar path
-This sets the pathname of the database used by NIS if you are not sharing
+This sets the pathname of the database used by
+.Tn NIS
+if you are not sharing
the information from
.Pa /etc/master.passwd
-directly with NIS.
-You should only set this option for NIS servers.
+directly with
+.Tn NIS .
+You should only set this option for
+.Tn NIS
+servers.
.El
.Pp
The
.Ar userdel
-command has only three valid options.
+command has three distinct options.
The
.Fl n Ar name
and
This tells
.Nm
to remove the user's home directory and all of its contents.
-.Nm Pw
-errs on the side of caution when removing files from the system.
-Firstly, it will not do so if the uid of the account being removed is also used by
+The
+.Nm
+utility errs on the side of caution when removing files from the system.
+Firstly,
+it will not do so if the uid of the account being removed is also used by
another account on the system, and the 'home' directory in the password file is
a valid path that commences with the character
.Ql \&/ .
If any additional cleanup work is required, this is left to the administrator.
.El
.Pp
-Mail spool files and crontabs are always removed when an account is deleted as these
-are unconditionally attached to the user name.
+Mail spool files and crontabs are always removed when an account is deleted as
+these are unconditionally attached to the user name.
Jobs queued for processing by
.Ar at
-are also removed if the user's uid is unique and not also used by another account on the
-system.
+are also removed if the user's uid is unique and not also used by another
+account on the system.
+.Pp
+The
+.Ar usermod
+command adds one additional option:
+.Bl -tag -width "-G grouplist"
+.It Fl l Ar newname
+This option allows changing of an existing account name to
+.Ql \&newname .
+The new name must not already exist, and any attempt to duplicate an
+existing account name will be rejected.
+.El
.Pp
The
.Ar usershow
option is used, then
.Nm
outputs the account details in a more human readable form.
+If the
+.Fl 7
+option is used, the account details are shown in v7 format.
The
.Fl a
option lists all users currently on file.
+Using
+.Fl F
+forces
+.Nm
+to print the details of an account even if it does not exist.
.Pp
The command
.Ar usernext
This is normally of interest only to interactive scripts or front-ends
that use
.Nm .
-.Pp
.Sh GROUP OPTIONS
The
-.Fl C
+.Fl C
and
.Fl q
options (explained at the start of the previous section) are available
with the group manipulation commands.
Other common options to all group-related commands are:
.Bl -tag -width "-m newmembers"
-.It Fl n Ar name
+.It Oo Fl n Oc Ar name
+Required unless
+.Fl g Ar gid
+is given.
Specify the group name.
+In the case of
+.Ar groupmod
+can be a gid.
.It Fl g Ar gid
+Required if
+.Ar name
+is not given.
Specify the group numeric id.
+In the case of
+.Ar groupmod
+if paired with
+.Ar name ,
+changes the numeric id of the named group.
.Pp
As with the account name and id fields, you will usually only need
to supply one of these, as the group name implies the uid and vice
members.
Login names or user ids may be used, and duplicate users are
silently eliminated.
+.It Fl d Ar oldmembers
+Similar to
+.Fl M ,
+this option allows the
+.Em deletion
+of existing users from a group without replacing the existing list of
+members.
+Login names or user ids may be used, and duplicate users are
+silently eliminated.
.El
.Pp
.Ar groupadd
also has a
.Fl o
option that allows allocation of an existing group id to a new group.
-The default action is to reject an attempt to add a group, and this option overrides
-the check for duplicate group ids.
+The default action is to reject an attempt to add a group,
+and this option overrides the check for duplicate group ids.
There is rarely any need to duplicate a group id.
.Pp
The
.Ar groupmod
command adds one additional option:
-.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "-m newmembers"
-.It Fl l Ar name
+.It Fl l Ar newname
This option allows changing of an existing group name to
-.Ql \&name .
-The new name must not already exist, and any attempt to duplicate an existing group
+.Ql \&newname .
+The new name must not already exist,
+and any attempt to duplicate an existing group
name will be rejected.
.El
.Pp
replacing
.Fl u Ar uid
to specify the group id.
+The
+.Fl 7
+option does not apply to the
+.Ar groupshow
+command.
.Pp
The command
.Ar groupnext
returns the next available group id on standard output.
.Sh USER LOCKING
-.Nm Pw
+The
+.Nm
+utility
supports a simple password locking mechanism for users; it works by
prepending the string
.Ql *LOCKED*
and
.Ar unlock
commands take a user name or uid of the account to lock or unlock,
-respectively. The
+respectively.
+The
.Fl V ,
.Fl C ,
and
.Fl q
options as described above are accepted by these commands.
-.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
-.Nm Pw
-returns EXIT_SUCCESS on successful operation, otherwise
+.Sh NOTES
+For a summary of options available with each command, you can use
+.Dl pw [command] help
+For example,
+.Dl pw useradd help
+lists all available options for the useradd operation.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+utility allows 8-bit characters in the passwd GECOS field (user's full name,
+office, work and home phone number subfields), but disallows them in
+user login and group names.
+Use 8-bit characters with caution, as connection to the Internet will
+require that your mail transport program supports 8BITMIME, and will
+convert headers containing 8-bit characters to 7-bit quoted-printable
+format.
+.Xr sendmail 8
+does support this.
+Use of 8-bit characters in the GECOS field should be used in
+conjunction with the user's default locale and character set
+and should not be implemented without their use.
+Using 8-bit characters may also affect other
+programs that transmit the contents of the GECOS field over the
+Internet, such as
+.Xr fingerd 8 ,
+and a small number of TCP/IP clients, such as IRC, where full names
+specified in the passwd file may be used by default.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+utility writes a log to the
+.Pa /var/log/userlog
+file when actions such as user or group additions or deletions occur.
+The location of this logfile can be changed in
+.Xr pw.conf 5 .
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd.new -compact
+.It Pa /etc/master.passwd
+The user database
+.It Pa /etc/passwd
+A Version 7 format password file
+.It Pa /etc/login.conf
+The user capabilities database
+.It Pa /etc/group
+The group database
+.It Pa /etc/pw.conf
+Pw default options file
+.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
+.Pp
+Add the existing user jsmith to the wheel group,
+in addition to the other groups jsmith is already a member of.
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+pw groupmod wheel -m jsmith
+.Ed
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+The
+.Nm
+utility returns EXIT_SUCCESS on successful operation, otherwise
.Nm
returns one of the
following exit codes defined by
No base home directory configured.
.El
.El
-.Pp
-.Sh NOTES
-For a summary of options available with each command, you can use
-.Dl pw [command] help
-For example,
-.Dl pw useradd help
-lists all available options for the useradd operation.
-.Pp
-.Nm Pw
-allows 8-bit characters in the passwd GECOS field (user's full name,
-office, work and home phone number subfields), but disallows them in
-user login and group names.
-Use 8-bit characters with caution, as connection to the Internet will
-require that your mail transport program supports 8BITMIME, and will
-convert headers containing 8-bit characters to 7-bit quoted-printable
-format.
-.Xr sendmail 8
-does support this.
-Use of 8-bit characters in the GECOS field should be used in
-conjunction with the user's default locale and character set
-and should not be implemented without their use.
-Using 8-bit characters may also affect other
-programs that transmit the contents of the GECOS field over the
-Internet, such as
-.Xr fingerd 8 ,
-and a small number of TCP/IP clients, such as IRC, where full names
-specified in the passwd file may be used by default.
-.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd.new -compact
-.It Pa /etc/master.passwd
-The user database
-.It Pa /etc/passwd
-A Version 7 format password file
-.It Pa /etc/login.conf
-The user capabilities database
-.It Pa /etc/group
-The group database
-.It Pa /etc/master.passwd.new
-Temporary copy of the master password file
-.It Pa /etc/passwd.new
-Temporary copy of the Version 7 password file
-.It Pa /etc/group.new
-Temporary copy of the group file
-.It Pa /etc/pw.conf
-Pw default options file
-.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chpass 1 ,
.Xr passwd 1 ,
+.Xr umask 2 ,
.Xr group 5 ,
.Xr login.conf 5 ,
.Xr passwd 5 ,
.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
.Xr vipw 8
.Sh HISTORY
-.Nm Pw
-was written to mimic many of the options used in the SYSV
+The
+.Nm
+utility was written to mimic many of the options used in the SYSV
.Em shadow
support suite, but is modified for passwd and group fields specific to
the
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