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38 lines
1.4 KiB
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## Name
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usermod - modify a user account
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## Synopsis
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```sh
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$ usermod [--append] [--uid uid] [--gid group] [--groups groups] [--lock] [--remove] [--unlock] [--home new-home] [--move] [--shell path-to-shell] [--gecos general-info] <username>
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```
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## Description
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This program modifies an existing user account.
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This program must be run as root.
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## Options
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* `--help`: Display help message and exit
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* `--version`: Print version
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* `-a`, `--append`: Append the supplementary groups specified with the -G option to the user
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* `-u uid`, `--uid uid`: The new numerical value of the user's ID
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* `-g group`, `--gid group`: The group name or number of the user's new initial login group
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* `-G groups`, `--groups groups`: Set the user's supplementary groups. Groups are specified with a comma-separated list. Group names or numbers may be used
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* `-L`, `--lock`: Lock password
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* `-r`, `--remove`: Remove the supplementary groups specified with the -G option from the user
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* `-U`, `--unlock`: Unlock password
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* `-d new-home`, `--home new-home`: The user's new login directory
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* `-m`, `--move`: Move the content of the user's home directory to the new location
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* `-s path-to-shell`, `--shell path-to-shell`: The name of the user's new login shell
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* `-n general-info`, `--gecos general-info`: Change the GECOS field of the user
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## Arguments
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* `username`: Username of the account to modify
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## See also
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* [`userdel`(8)](help://man/8/userdel)
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* [`useradd`(8)](help://man/8/useradd)
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