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.\"	$OpenBSD: adduser.8,v 1.16 2000/03/29 07:01:29 deraadt Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>. Berlin.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\"
.\" $From: adduser.8,v 1.12 1996/08/28 17:54:13 adam Exp $
.Dd July 8, 1999
.Dt ADDUSER 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm adduser ,
.Nm rmuser
.Nd add and delete users from the system
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm adduser
.Oo Fl batch Ar username
.Oo Ar group Ns Op , Ns Ar group
.Ar ...
.Oc
.Op Ar fullname
.Op Ar password
.Oc
.Op Fl check_only
.Op Fl config_create
.Op Fl dotdir Ar directory
.Oo
.Fl e
.Ar method No \&| Fl encrypt_method Ar method
.Oc
.Op Fl group Ar login_group
.Op Fl h | help | ?
.Op Fl home Ar partition
.Op Fl message Ar file
.Op Fl noconfig
.Op Fl shell Ar shell
.Op Fl s | silent | q | quiet
.Op Fl uid Ar uid
.Op Fl uid_start Ar uid
.Op Fl uid_end Ar uid
.Op Fl v | verbose
.Op Fl unencrypted
.Pp
.Nm rmuser Op Ar username
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm adduser
program adds new users to the system.
The
.Nm rmuser
program removes users from the system.
When not passed any arguments, both
utilities operate in interactive mode and prompt for any required information.
.Pp
.Nm adduser
first performs consistency checks on the password, group, and shell databases.
This includes finding any duplicate user or group names, illegal shells, or
shells that aren't executable.
Once these tests are passed,
.Nm
performs the following operations for each new user:
.Bl -enum -offset indent
.It
Add the appropriate entries to the password and group files and re-generate
the password database using
.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 .
.It
Create a home directory and copy all
.Pa dot.*
files from the skeletal login directory (normally
.Pa /usr/share/skel )
to this new directory.
.It
Mails the new user a welcome message at the discretion of the account creator.
.El
.Pp
Similarly, when removing a user,
.Nm rmuser
performs the following operations for the given
.Ar username :
.Bl -enum -offset indent
.It
Removes any
.Xr crontab 1
entries or
.Xr at 1
jobs belonging to the user.
.It
Removes the user from the password database and all groups in the group
database.
If a group becomes empty and its name is the same as the username,
the group is removed (this complements
.Nm adduser Ns No 's
unique per-user groups).
.It
Recursively deletes all files in the user's home directory and removes the
directory itself (provided the directory actually belongs to the user).
.Nm rmuser
prompts for confirmation before actually doing this.
.It
Removes the user's incoming mail file if one exists.
.El
.Pp
Understandably,
.Nm rmuser
politely refuses to remove users whose UID is 0 (typically root).
.Pp
.Sh RESTRICTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Sy username
Login names should contain only lowercase characters or digits.
They should be no longer than 8 characters (see BUGS section of
.Xr setlogin 2 ) .
.\" 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 UT_NAMESIZE in /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.
If you need a longer login name for e-mail addresses,
you can define an alias in
.Pa /etc/aliases .
.It Sy fullname
This should contain the user's first name and surname.
The
.Ql \&:
is not permitted.
.It Sy shell
Only valid entries from the
.Xr shells 5
database or entries corresponding to
.Xr sliplogin 8
and
.Xr pppd 8
are permitted.
.It Sy uid_start
This value is the start of the range where free UID values are
searched for.
This value must be less than the value of uid_end.
The default value is 1000 or as configured in the configuration file.
.It Sy uid_end
This value is the end of the range where free UID values are
searched for.
This value must be more than the value of uid_start.
The default value is 32000 or as configured in the configuration file.
.It Sy gid/login group
This value is generated automatically, but can be specified at the
discretion of the person invoking the program.
.It Sy password
If not empty, the password is encrypted according to
.Xr passwd.conf 5 .
If empty, the account will be automatically disabled to prevent spurious
access to it.
.El
.\" .Sh UNIQUE GROUP
.\" Perhaps you're missing what *can* be done with this scheme that falls apart
.\" with most other schemes.  With each user in his/her own group the user can
.\" safely run with a umask of 002 and have files created in their home
.\" directory and not worry about others being able to read them.
.\"
.\" For a shared area you create a separate uid/gid (like cvs or ncvs on
.\" freefall) you place each person that should be able to access this area
.\" into that new group.
.\"
.\" This model of uid/gid administration allows far greater flexibility than
.\" lumping users into groups and having to muck with the umask when working
.\" in a shared area.
.\"
.\" 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
.Nm
follows these steps to extract its configuration
information:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
.It Sy 1.
Read internal variables.
.It Sy 2.
Read configuration file
.Po Ns Pa /etc/adduser.conf
.Pc .
.It Sy 3.
Parse command-line options.
.El
.Pp
The
.Xr adduser.conf 5
format is explained within that file and is quite straightforward.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Xo Fl batch Ar username
.Oo Ar group Ns Op , Ns Ar group
.Ar ... Oc
.Op Ar fullname
.Op Ar password
.Xc
Enter batch mode in which multiple users are specified on the command-line
in a compact format.
By default the password is assumed to already be properly encrypted.
.It Fl check_only
Check the passwd, group, and shells databases for consistency and problems
then exit without performing any other operation.
.It Fl config_create
Create or edit default configuration information and message file before
proceeding with the normal interactive adduser procedure.
.It Fl dotdir Ar directory
Copy files from
.Ar directory
into the HOME directory of new users.
Files named in the fashion of
.Dq Pa dot.foo
will be renamed to
.Dq Pa .foo .
By default, all files are made writable and readable by
their owner.
.\" don't allow group or world to write files and allow only owner
.\" to read/execute/write .rhost, .Xauthority, .kermrc, .netrc, Mail,
.\" prv, iscreen, term.
.It Fl encrypt Ns No , Fl e Ar method
Encrypt local passwords using
.Ar method
of encryption as described in
.Xr passwd.conf 5 .
.It Fl group Ar login_group
Specify the default login group.
A value of
.Ar USER
means that the username is to be used as the login group.
.It Xo
.Fl help Ns No ,
.Fl h Ns No , Fl ?
.Xc
Print a summary of options and exit.
.It Fl home Ar partition
Specify the default home partition where all users' home directories
are to be located.
.It Fl message Ar file
Send new users a welcome message from
.Ar file .
Specifying a value of
.Dq 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
Specify the default shell for new users.
.It Xo
.Fl silent Ns No , Fl s Ns No ,
.Fl quiet Ns No , Fl q
.Xc
Causes the program to print fewer warnings, questions, and bug reports.
.It Fl uid Ar uid
Use UIDs from
.Ar uid
up when automatically generating UIDs.
.It Fl unencrypted
Causes the program to assume that the password given in batch mode is
unencrypted.
The password will be encrypted before it's added to the password file.
Use of this option will leave username and cleartext password displayable
for any user.
.It Fl verbose Ns No , Fl v
Causes the program to print many warnings and questions.
This option is recommended for novice users.
.El
.\" .Sh FORMAT
.\" .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
.\" .Ql Pa #
.\" is a comment.
.\" .P
.\" .It Sy config file
.\" .Nm adduser
.\" reads and writes this file.
.\" See /etc/adduser.conf for more details.
.\" .It Sy message file
.\" Eval variables in this file. See /etc/adduser.message for more
.\" details.
.\" .El
.Sh EXAMPLES
# adduser
.Pp
Start
.Nm
in interactive mode.
.Pp
# adduser -batch falken guest,staff,beer 'Prof. Falken' joshua
.Pp
Create user
.Dq falken
and
login group
.Dq falken .
Invite user
.Dq falken
into groups
.Dq guest ,
.Dq staff ,
and
.Dq beer .
Realname (fullname)
is
.Dq Prof. Falken .
Password is
.Dq joshua
(don't use such a password!).
Send user falken
a welcome message.
.Pp
# adduser -uid_start 5000 -group guest -message no -batch vehlefanz
.Pp
Create user
.Dq vehlefanz
in login group
.Dq guest .
Start the free UID search at 5000.
No other groups, no realname, no password.
Do not send a welcome message.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/adduser.messageX -compact
.It Pa /etc/master.passwd
user database
.It Pa /etc/group
group database
.It Pa /etc/shells
shell database
.It Pa /etc/adduser.conf
configuration file for
.Nm adduser
.It Pa /etc/adduser.message
message file for
.Nm
.It Pa /usr/share/skel
skeletal login directory
.It Pa /var/log/adduser
log file for
.Nm
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chpass 1 ,
.Xr finger 1 ,
.Xr passwd 1 ,
.Xr setlogin 2 ,
.Xr aliases 5 ,
.Xr group 5 ,
.Xr passwd 5 ,
.Xr passwd.conf 5 ,
.Xr shells 5 ,
.Xr nologin 8 ,
.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
.Xr vipw 8 ,
.Xr yp 8