NAME
usermgmt.conf
- user management tools configuration file
SYNOPSIS
usermgmt.conf
DESCRIPTION
The
usermgmt.conf
file defines the default values used by the user management tools,
useradd(8)
and friends.
Options in this file can be set by manually editing
/etc/usermgmt.conf
or using the
-D
option to
useradd(8).
- base_dir
-
sets the base directory name, in which new users' home directories
are created when using the
-m
option to
useradd(8).
- class
-
sets the default login class for new users.
See
login.conf(5)
for more information on user login classes.
- expire
-
sets the default time at which the current password expires.
This can be used to implement password aging.
Both the
expire
and
inactive
fields should be entered in the form
``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.
- group
-
sets the default primary group for new users.
If this is
`=uid',
then a uid and gid will be picked which are both unique
and the same, and a line will be added to
/etc/group
to describe the new group.
It has the format:
-
group
gid | name |
=uid
- homeperm
-
sets the default permissions of the newly created home directory if
-m
is given to
useradd(8).
The permission is specified as an octal number, with or without a leading zero.
- inactive
-
sets the default time at which new accounts expire.
A value of 0 can be used to disable this feature.
Also see the
expire
field.
- password
-
specifies an already-encrypted default password.
- preserve
-
If this value is one of
`true',
`yes',
or a non-zero number, then the user login information will be
preserved when removing a user with
userdel(8).
- range
-
specifies the uid boundaries for new users.
If unspecified, the default is
``1000..60000''.
It has the format:
-
range starting-uid
..
ending-uid
- shell
-
sets the default login shell for new users.
- skel_dir
-
sets the default skeleton directory in which to find files
with which to populate the new user's home directory.
FILES
/etc/usermgmt.conf
-
/etc/skel/*
-
/etc/login.conf
-
SEE ALSO
login.conf(5),
passwd(5),
user(8),
useradd(8),
userdel(8),
usermod(8)
HISTORY
The
usermgmt.conf
configuration file first appeared in
NetBSD1.5.