1lusermod(1)                 General Commands Manual                lusermod(1)
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NAME

6       lusermod - Modify an user
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SYNOPSIS

10       lusermod [OPTION]... user
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DESCRIPTION

14       Modifies the user with name user.
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OPTIONS

18       -c, --gecos=gecos
19              Set  user's GECOS field to gecos.  The GECOS field is tradition‐
20              ally used to store user's real name and other information.
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23       -d, --directory=directory
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33       -i, --interactive
34              Ask all questions when connecting to the user database, even  if
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39              Lock  user's  account.   This  prevents  logging in using user's
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48              After changing user's home directory (using the -d option), move
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53              Set  user's password to password.  Note that the password can be
54              viewed while running lusermod using tools such as ps(1).
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58              Set user's password to the  password  represented  by  the  hash
59              encrypted.   Note  that  the  hash  can  be viewed while running
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82              Set user's given name to name.  This attribute is only supported
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88              Set user's home telephone number to phone.   This  attribute  is
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94              Set user's room number to room.  This  attribute  is  only  sup‐
95              ported  in  some  backends  (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have
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100              Set user's surname to name.  This attribute is only supported in
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106              Set user's telephone number to phone.  This  attribute  is  only
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EXIT STATUS

112       The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.
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116libuser                           2009-12-11                       lusermod(1)