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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Adduser or useradd Post 302845989 by Zeldforged on Thursday 22nd of August 2013 08:46:21 PM
Old 08-22-2013
Thanks very much Smilie

PS: What Linux distro do you suggest me to use in order to prepare for my LPI exams ?
 

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USER(8) 						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						   USER(8)

NAME
user -- manage user login information on the system SYNOPSIS
user add -D [options] user add [options] user user del -D [options] user del [options] user user info [options] user user mod [options] user DESCRIPTION
The user utility acts as a frontend to the useradd(8), usermod(8), userinfo(8), and userdel(8) commands. The utilities by default are built with EXTENSIONS. This allows for further functionality. For a full explanation of the options available, please see the relevant manual page. EXIT STATUS
The user utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. FILES
/etc/skel/.[A-z]* Skeleton files for new user /etc/usermgmt.conf Configuration file for user, group(8) and the backend commands mentioned above. SEE ALSO
chpass(1), group(5), passwd(5), usermgmt.conf(5), useradd(8), userdel(8), userinfo(8), usermod(8) HISTORY
The user utility first appeared in NetBSD 1.5. It is based on the addnerd package by the same author. AUTHORS
The user utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>. BSD
November 16, 2005 BSD
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