Reference

install-user(1)

Reads or sets a Palm User and UserID on a Palm Device.

NAME

install-user - Reads or sets a Palm User and UserID on a Palm Device.

SECTION

pilot-link: Conduits

SYNOPSIS

install-user [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-?|--help] [--usage] [-q|--quiet] [-u|--user username] [-i|--id userid] [-l|--list]

DESCRIPTION

install-user allows the user to read or change the User and UserID information on the Palm handheld.

OPTIONS

install-user options

-u, --user username

Set the username, use quotes for spaces in the username, as in "John Q. Public".

-i, --id userid

Set the 5-digit numeric UserID on the device (used for many Palm application registration methods).

-l, --list

List the current username and ID (default)

Conduit Options

-p, --port <port>

Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this is not specified, install-user will look for the $PILOTPORT environment variable. If neither are found or supplied, install-user will print the usage information.

-q, --quiet

Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message

-v, --version

Display version of install-user and exit without connecting.

Help Options

-h, --help

Display the help synopsis for install-user and exit without connecting.

--usage

Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.

USAGE

The program will connect to a target Palm handheld, and read or set the Palm UserName specified or display the Palm username and UserID if none is specified.

AUTHOR

install-user was originally written by D. Jeff Dionne <[email protected]>.

This manual page was converted to XML by Neil Williams <[email protected]>

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs at: http://bugs.pilot-link.org

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

SEE ALSO

install-netsync (1), dlpsh (1), pilot-link(7).

History

--help since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --id since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --list since Debian 4.0 (Etch); --port since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --quiet since Debian 4.0 (Etch); --usage since Debian 4.0 (Etch); --user since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --version since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -h since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -i since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -l since Debian 4.0 (Etch); -p since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -q since Debian 4.0 (Etch); -u since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -v since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).