lusermod(1)                                                                                                          lusermod(1)



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 infor-
              mation.


       -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  opera-
              tion is performed anyway.


       -i, --interactive
              Ask  all  questions when connecting to the user database, even if default answers are set up in libuser configura-
              tion.


       -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.


       --commonname=name
              Set user's common name to name.  This attribute is only supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may
              have further limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).


       --givenname=name
              Set  user's given name to name.  This attribute is only supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may
              have further limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).


       --homephone=phone
              Set user's home telephone number to phone.  This attribute is only supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and  its
              support may have further limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).


       --roomnumber=room
              Set user's room number to room.  This attribute is only supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may
              have further limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).


       --surname=name
              Set user's surname to name.  This attribute is only supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP),  and  its  support  may
              have further limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).


       --telephonenumber=phone
              Set  user's telephone number to phone.  This attribute is only supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its sup-
              port may have further limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).


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



libuser                                                    2009-12-11                                                lusermod(1)