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28.Dd March 30, 2004
29.Dt ADDUSER.CONF 5
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm adduser.conf
33.Nd
34.Xr adduser 8
35configuration file
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Pa /etc/adduser.conf
39file is used to pre-set certain configuration options for
40the
41.Xr adduser 8
42utility.
43When
44.Xr adduser 8
45is invoked, it will check to see if this file exists, and
46if so, the configuration will be used or offered as the
47default settings.
48The
49.Nm
50file offers three types of configuration:
51.Bl -bullet
52.It
53Default settings offered by
54.Xr adduser 8 .
55These options are specified in the configuration file and offered
56as the default during every invocation of the
57.Xr adduser 8
58utility.
59.It
60Configuration options which can be set in
61.Nm ,
62but overridden by passing a flag to
63.Xr adduser 8 .
64.It
65Configuration supported by
66.Xr adduser 8
67but not offered by a flag or during initial invocation.
68.El
69.Pp
70In the first case, these options can be set in
71.Nm
72but will still be offered when
73.Xr adduser 8
74is invoked.
75In the second case,
76.Xr adduser 8
77will read the configuration data unless a flag
78has been passed to override it.
79For example, the
80.Va defaultshell
81option.
82In the third case, the configuration will be utilized, but the
83user will never be prompted to modify the default setting by
84either a flag or an
85.Xr adduser 8
86prompt.
87For example, the
88.Va upwexpire
89setting.
90.Pp
91The following configuration options can be set in
92.Nm :
93.Bl -tag -width ".Va defaultgroups" -offset indent
94.It Va defaultLgroup
95The default group new users will be added to.
96.It Va defaultclass
97The default class to place users in as described in
98.Xr login.conf 5 .
99.It Va defaultgroups
100This option is used to specify what other groups the new account
101should be added to.
102.It Va passwdtype
103May be one of
104.Cm no , none , random ,
105or
106.Cm yes ,
107as described in
108.Xr adduser 8 .
109As such, the text is not duplicated here and may be
110read in
111.Xr adduser 8 .
112.It Va homeprefix
113The default home directory prefix, usually
114.Pa /home .
115.It Va defaultshell
116The user's default shell which may be any of the shells listed in
117.Xr shells 5 .
118.It Va udotdir
119Defines the location of the default shell and environment
120configuration files.
121.It Va msgfile
122Location of the default new user message file.
123This message will be sent to all new users if specified
124here or at the
125.Xr adduser 8
126prompt.
127.It Va disableflag
128The default message enclosed in brackets for the
129lock account prompt.
130.It Va upwexpire
131The default password expiration time.
132Format of the date is either a
133.Ux
134time in decimal, or a date in
135.Sm off
136.Ar dd No - Ar mmm No - Ar yy Op Ar yy
137.Sm on
138format, where
139.Ar dd
140is the day,
141.Ar mmm
142is the month in either numeric or
143alphabetic format, and
144.Ar yy Ns Op Ar yy
145is either a two or four digit year.
146This option also accepts a relative date in the form of
147.Sm off
148.Ar n Op Ar m h d w o y
149.Sm on
150where
151.Ar n
152is a decimal, octal (leading 0) or hexadecimal (leading 0x) digit
153followed by the number of Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months or
154Years from the current date at
155which the expiration time is to be set.
156.It Va uexpire
157The default account expire time.
158The format is similar to the
159.Va upwexpire
160option.
161.It Va ugecos
162The default information to be held in the GECOS field of
163.Pa /etc/master.passwd .
164.It Va uuid
165The default user ID setting.
166This must be a number above 1000 and fewer than 65534.
167.El
168.Sh EXAMPLES
169The following is an example
170.Nm
171file created with the
172.Fl C
173.Xr adduser 8
174flag and modified.
175.Bd -literal -offset indent
176# Configuration file for adduser(8).
177# NOTE: only *some* variables are saved.
178# Last Modified on Fri Mar 30 14:04:05 EST 2004.
179
180defaultLgroup=
181defaultclass=
182defaultgroups=
183passwdtype=yes
184homeprefix=/home
185defaultshell=/bin/csh
186udotdir=/usr/share/skel
187msgfile=/etc/adduser.msg
188disableflag=
189upwexpire=91d # Expire passwords 91 days after creation.
190.Ed
191.Sh SEE ALSO
192.Xr group 5 ,
193.Xr passwd 5 ,
194.Xr adduser 8 ,
195.Xr pw 8 ,
196.Xr rmuser 8
197.Sh HISTORY
198The
199.Nm
200manual page first appeared in
201.Fx 5.3 .
202.Sh AUTHORS
203This manual page was written by
204.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org .
205