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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51              Set  user's password to password.  Note that the password can be
52              viewed while running lusermod using tools such as ps(1).
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EXIT STATUS

74       The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.
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78libuser                           Jan 15 2005                      lusermod(1)