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Dd February 9, 2016
Dt USERMGMT.CONF 5
Os
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hym 999
Sh NAME
Nm usermgmt.conf
Nd user management tools configuration file
Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm usermgmt.conf
Sh DESCRIPTION
The
Nm usermgmt.conf
file defines the default values used by the user management tools,
Xr useradd 8
and friends.
Pp
Options in this file can be set by manually editing
Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf
or using the
Fl D
option to
Xr useradd 8 .
Pp
Bl -tag -width preserveX
It Ic base_dir
sets the base directory name, in which new users' home directories
are created when using the
Fl m
option to
Xr useradd 8 .
It Ic class
sets the default login class for new users.
See
Xr login.conf 5
for more information on user login classes.
It Ic expire
sets the default time at which the current password expires.
This can be used to implement password aging.
Both the
Ar expire
and
Ar inactive
fields should be entered in the form
Dq month day year ,
where month is the month name (the first three characters are
sufficient), day is the day of the month, and year is the year.
Time in seconds since the epoch (UTC) is also valid.
A value of 0 can be used to disable this feature.
It Ic group
sets the default primary group for new users.
If this is
Ql =uid ,
then a uid and gid will be picked which are both unique
and the same, and a line will be added to
Pa /etc/group
to describe the new group.
It has the format:
br
Bd -ragged -offset indent -compact
Ic group
Ar gid | name | Li =uid
Ed
It Ic homeperm
sets the default permissions of the newly created home directory if
Fl m
is given to
Xr useradd 8 .
The permission is specified as an octal number, with or without a leading zero.
It Ic inactive
sets the default time at which new accounts expire.
A value of 0 can be used to disable this feature.
Also see the
Ar expire
field.
It Ic password
specifies an already-encrypted default password.
It Ic preserve
If this value is one of
Ql true ,
Ql yes ,
or a non-zero number, then the user login information will be
preserved when removing a user with
Xr userdel 8 .
It Ic range
specifies the uid boundaries for new users.
If unspecified, the default is
Dq 1000..60000 .
It has the format:
Bd -unfilled -offset indent -compact
Ic range Ar starting-uid Ns Li .. Ns Ar ending-uid
Ed
It Ic gid_range
specifies the gid boundaries for new groups.
If unspecified, the default is
Dq 1000..60000 .
It has the format:
Bd -unfilled -offset indent -compact
Ic gid_range Ar starting-gid Ns Li .. Ns Ar ending-gid
Ed
It Ic shell
sets the default login shell for new users.
It Ic skel_dir
sets the default skeleton directory in which to find files
with which to populate the new user's home directory.
El
Ss SYNTAX
The
Nm
file uses a simple syntax format.
Each line must contain one option.
That option must be in the front of the line (no spaces).
Any number of white spaces such as ' ' and '\et' may follow.
The line ends with a list of options from each.
Sh FILES
Bl -tag -width /etc/usermgmt.conf -compact
It Pa /etc/usermgmt.conf
It Pa /etc/skel/*
It Pa /etc/login.conf
El
Sh EXAMPLES
Bd -unfilled -offset indent -compact
group     wheel
base_dir  /home/
skel_dir  /etc/skel
shell     /bin/sh
inactive  0
Ed
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr login.conf 5 ,
Xr passwd 5 ,
Xr user 8 ,
Xr useradd 8 ,
Xr userdel 8 ,
Xr usermod 8
Sh HISTORY
The
Nm
configuration file first appeared in
Nx 1.5 .

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