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.\" $OpenBSD: userinfo.8,v 1.2 2000/04/24 22:31:29 jakob Exp $ */
.\" $NetBSD: userinfo.8,v 1.2 2000/02/28 05:10:57 enami Exp $ */
.\"
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Alistair G. Crooks. All rights reserved.
.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" This product includes software developed by Alistair G. Crooks.
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.\"
.Dd November 30, 1999
.Dt USERINFO 8
.Os NetBSD
.Sh NAME
.Nm userinfo
.Nd displays user information
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl e
.Op Fl v
.Ar user
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility retrieves the user information from the system.
.Pp
The following command line options are recognised:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl e
return 0 if the user exists, and non-zero if the
user does not exist, on the system. No information is
displayed. This form of the command is useful for
scripts which need to check whether a particular user
name or uid is already in use on the system.
.It Fl v
perform any actions in a verbose manner.
.El
.Pp
The user argument may either be a user's name, or a uid.
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility exits 0 if the user name or uid exists, and non-zero if it does not.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/usermgmt.conf -compact
.It Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr passwd 5
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Nx 1.5 .
It is based on the
.Ar addnerd
package by the same author.
.Sh AUTHOR
The
.Nm
utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks (agc@netbsd.org).
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