modifyUserAccount(1M)
modifyUserAccount - modify an existing user account
As shipped in IRIX 6.5.5. Unchanged since IRIX 6.5.
NAME modifyUserAccount - modify an existing user account SYNOPSIS /usr/sysadm/privbin/modifyUserAccount -l login-name [-P | -N | -R] [-F <new-full-name>] [-S <new-shell-program>] [-G <new-group-name | new- group-ID>] [-H <new-home-dir> [-C] [-M] [-D] ] [-U <new-user-ID>] DESCRIPTION Modify an existing user account and do associated handling of user files if needed. The modifyUserAccount command has the following required parameter: -l login-name The login name of the user account to modify The modifyUserAccount command has the following optional parameters: -P Indicates that the account password is to be replaced with a new password. The command will prompt the user for the new password. This option may not be used in conjunction with -N or with -R. -N Indicates that the account password should be set to NULL. The system will still display the password prompt when a password is required, but no password needs to be entered. This option may not be used in conjunction with -P or -R. -R Indicates that the account password should be deleted. The system will not prompt for a password for this account. This option may not be used in conjunction with -P or -N. -F new-full-name Indicates that the full name associated with the account is to be replaced with the new full name. -S new-shell-program Indicates that the shell program associated with this account is to be replaced with the new shell program. -G new-group-name or new-group-ID Indicates that the account should be associated with a new Primary group. All files owned by this user and by the old group will be reassigned to the new group. The primary group of network access accounts can not be changed with this command. -H new-home-dir Indicates that the home directory associated with this account is to be replaced with the new home directory. To create the new home directory, you must also specify the -C option. To copy the files in the old home directory to the new home directory, specify the -M option. To delete the old home directory, specify the -D option. -U new-user-ID Indicates that the user ID associated with this account should be changed to the new user ID. All files currently owned by this account will be reassigned to the new user ID. The user ID of network access accounts cannot be changed with this command. FILES /etc/passwd File which contains list of user accounts SEE ALSO sysmgr(1M), runpriv(1M), UserManager(1M), addUserAccount(1M), deleteUserAccount(1M), passwd(4)