NAME
lusermod - Modify an user
SYNOPSIS
lusermod [OPTION]... user
DESCRIPTION
Modifies the user with name user.
OPTIONS
- -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.
EXIT STATUS
The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.