update-passwd.asciidoc

UPDATE-PASSWD(1)

NAME

update-passwd - add user and group entries for daemons

SYNOPSIS

update-passwd -n <Short-Name> -g <Group-Name> [-h <Home-Dir>] [-s <Shell>] -i <Info-String> -m <Group-Members>

update-passwd -g <Group-Name> -m <Group-Members>

update-passwd -V

DESCRIPTION

Adds user and group entries for daemons.

This program is meant to be used by the fink package manager to setup necessary users and groups for other packages. It is meant to be called by independent packages for each user/group.

By default it reuses any existing users/groups on the system that match the calling requirements. This includes adding aliases for close matches such as <user/group> → _<user/group>. If a matching user/group is not found it will create one with dynamically allocated ids as specified in the passwd.conf file. If this functionality is turned off it will fall back to the lists maintained in the group-fink.conf and passwd-fink.conf files.

OPTIONS

-n '<short-name>'

Sets the user short name. It is required to make a user.

-g '<group-name>'

Sets the name of the (primary) group. (Always Required)

-h '<home-dir>'

Sets the home directory path (optional). If not set /var/empty will be used.

-s '<shell>'

Sets the path to login shell (optional). If not set /usr/bin/false will be used.

-i '<info-string>'

Sets the long discription of the user and/or group. (Required for Users)

-m '<group-members>'

A comma separated list of group membersips by name. (Always Required)

-V

Emits the update-passwd version and exits.

Notes

Development of autorevision is carried out at https://github.com/fink/passwd

AUTHORS

See AUTHORS.txt for a full list in order of number of contributions.