lusermod - Modify an user
lusermod [OPTION]... user
Modifies the user with name user.
- -c,
--gecos=gecos
- Set user's GECOS field to gecos. The GECOS field is
traditionally used to store user's real name and other information.
- -d,
--directory=directory
- Set user's home directory to directory.
- -g,
--gid=gid
- Change user's primary group ID to gid. If group with ID
gid does not exist, a warning is printed, but the operation is
performed anyway.
- -i,
--interactive
- Ask all questions when connecting to the user database, even if default
answers are set up in libuser configuration.
- -L, --lock
- Lock user's account. This prevents logging in using user's
password.
- -l,
--login=name
- Rename user to name.
- -m,
--movedirectory
- After changing user's home directory (using the -d option),
move the old home directory to the new location.
- -P,
--plainpassword=password
- Set user's password to password. Note that the password can
be viewed while running lusermod using tools such as ps(1).
- -p,
--password=encrypted
- Set user's password to the password represented by the hash
encrypted. Note that the hash can be viewed while running
lusermod using tools such as ps(1).
- -s,
--shell=shell
- Set user's login shell to shell.
- -U, --unlock
- Unlock user's account.
- -u,
--uid=uid
- Change user's user ID to uid.
- --commonname=name
- Set user's common name to name. This attribute is only
supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have further
limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).
- --givenname=name
- Set user's given name to name. This attribute is only
supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have further
limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).
- --homephone=phone
- Set user's home telephone number to phone. This attribute is
only supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have
further limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).
- --roomnumber=room
- Set user's room number to room. This attribute is only
supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have further
limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).
- --surname=name
- Set user's surname to name. This attribute is only supported
in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have further limitations
(e.g. LDAP schema rules).
- --telephonenumber=phone
- Set user's telephone number to phone. This attribute is only
supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have further
limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).
The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.