---
name: "edusers"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mailagent"
version: "1:3.1-106-1.2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/edusers"
---

# edusers(1)

edit users list created by package

## NAME

edusers - edit users list created by package

## SYNOPSIS

**edusers** \[*system* \[*version*\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

This command lets you safely edit the *users* list created by the *package* command. It locks the file before launching the editor, hence protecting against any concurrent update by some *package* command that could arrive at the same time (by e-mail). The level of protection this locking buys you depends on the locking policy you have configured in your *~/.mailagent*.

If you are within a package source tree, all you need to say is

```
edusers

```

to edit the *users* file for that package. In order for that particular feature to work properly, the package must have been placed under dist control, or at least the *packinit* command from the dist package must have been run.

Otherwise, you may specify a system name, and optionally a version number if that is not enough to disambiguate. Using '-' will get you the lattest version available.

In any case, there must be a proper setting of the *distribs* file to use this command. If that file is not accurate, the *package* command will not be able to produce a *users* file anyway.

## ENVIRONMENT

The editor is taken out of the EDITOR variable if defined, then from the VISUAL variable, defaulting to */usr/ae* if none of the variables is set.

## FILES

- \~/.mailagent

  configuration file for mailagent.

- Spool/distribs

  distribution list, same file as the one used for mailpatch.

- System/.package

  file created by dist's packinit command to indicate the root of the source tree for that package.

- System/users

  list of users of that system.

- Log/agentlog

  mailagent's log file.

## AUTHOR

Raphael Manfredi \<Raphael\_Manfredi@pobox.com\>

## SEE ALSO

[mailagent(1)](/mailagent/1.md), [metaconfig(1)](/metaconfig/1.md), [package(1)](/package/1.md), [packinit(1)](/packinit/1.md).