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27.Dd March 30, 2007
28.Dt PW 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pw
32.Nd create, remove, modify & display system users and groups
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
36.Ar useradd
37.Op name|uid
38.Op Fl C Ar config
39.Op Fl q
40.Op Fl n Ar name
41.Op Fl u Ar uid
42.Op Fl c Ar comment
43.Op Fl d Ar dir
44.Op Fl e Ar date
45.Op Fl p Ar date
46.Op Fl g Ar group
47.Op Fl G Ar grouplist
48.Op Fl m
49.Op Fl M Ar mode
50.Op Fl k Ar dir
51.Op Fl w Ar method
52.Op Fl s Ar shell
53.Op Fl o
54.Op Fl L Ar class
55.Op Fl h Ar fd | Fl H Ar fd
56.Op Fl N
57.Op Fl P
58.Op Fl Y
59.Nm
60.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
61.Ar useradd
62.Op name|uid
63.Fl D
64.Op Fl C Ar config
65.Op Fl q
66.Op Fl b Ar dir
67.Op Fl e Ar days
68.Op Fl p Ar days
69.Op Fl g Ar group
70.Op Fl G Ar grouplist
71.Op Fl k Ar dir
72.Op Fl M Ar mode
73.Op Fl u Ar min , Ns Ar max
74.Op Fl i Ar min , Ns Ar max
75.Op Fl w Ar method
76.Op Fl s Ar shell
77.Op Fl y Ar path
78.Nm
79.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
80.Ar userdel
81.Op name|uid
82.Op Fl n Ar name
83.Op Fl u Ar uid
84.Op Fl r
85.Op Fl Y
86.Nm
87.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
88.Ar usermod
89.Op name|uid
90.Op Fl C Ar config
91.Op Fl q
92.Op Fl n Ar name
93.Op Fl u Ar uid
94.Op Fl c Ar comment
95.Op Fl d Ar dir
96.Op Fl e Ar date
97.Op Fl p Ar date
98.Op Fl g Ar group
99.Op Fl G Ar grouplist
100.Op Fl l Ar name
101.Op Fl m
102.Op Fl M Ar mode
103.Op Fl k Ar dir
104.Op Fl w Ar method
105.Op Fl s Ar shell
106.Op Fl L Ar class
107.Op Fl h Ar fd | Fl H Ar fd
108.Op Fl N
109.Op Fl P
110.Op Fl Y
111.Nm
112.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
113.Ar usershow
114.Op name|uid
115.Op Fl n Ar name
116.Op Fl u Ar uid
117.Op Fl F
118.Op Fl P
119.Op Fl 7
120.Op Fl a
121.Nm
122.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
123.Ar usernext
124.Op Fl C Ar config
125.Op Fl q
126.Nm
127.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
128.Ar groupadd
129.Op group|gid
130.Op Fl C Ar config
131.Op Fl q
132.Op Fl n Ar group
133.Op Fl g Ar gid
134.Op Fl M Ar members
135.Op Fl o
136.Op Fl h Ar fd | Fl H Ar fd
137.Op Fl N
138.Op Fl P
139.Op Fl Y
140.Nm
141.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
142.Ar groupdel
143.Op group|gid
144.Op Fl n Ar name
145.Op Fl g Ar gid
146.Op Fl Y
147.Nm
148.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
149.Ar groupmod
150.Op group|gid
151.Op Fl C Ar config
152.Op Fl q
153.Op Fl n Ar name
154.Op Fl g Ar gid
155.Op Fl l Ar name
156.Op Fl M Ar members
157.Op Fl m Ar newmembers
158.Op Fl h Ar fd | Fl H Ar fd
159.Op Fl N
160.Op Fl P
161.Op Fl Y
162.Nm
163.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
164.Ar groupshow
165.Op group|gid
166.Op Fl n Ar name
167.Op Fl g Ar gid
168.Op Fl F
169.Op Fl P
170.Op Fl a
171.Nm
172.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
173.Ar groupnext
174.Op Fl C Ar config
175.Op Fl q
176.Nm
177.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
178.Ar lock
179.Op name|uid
180.Op Fl C Ar config
181.Op Fl q
182.Nm
183.Op Fl V Ar etcdir
184.Ar unlock
185.Op name|uid
186.Op Fl C Ar config
187.Op Fl q
188.Sh DESCRIPTION
189The
190.Nm
191utility is a command-line based editor for the system
192.Ar user
193and
194.Ar group
195files, allowing the superuser an easy to use and standardized way of adding,
196modifying and removing users and groups.
197Note that
198.Nm
199only operates on the local user and group files.
200.Tn NIS
201users and groups must be
202maintained on the
203.Tn NIS
204server.
205The
206.Nm
207utility handles updating the
208.Pa passwd ,
209.Pa master.passwd ,
210.Pa group
211and the secure and insecure
212password database files, and must be run as root.
213.Pp
214The first one or two keywords provided to
215.Nm
216on the command line provide the context for the remainder of the arguments.
217The keywords
218.Ar user
219and
220.Ar group
221may be combined with
222.Ar add ,
223.Ar del ,
224.Ar mod ,
225.Ar show ,
226or
227.Ar next
228in any order.
229(For example,
230.Ar showuser ,
231.Ar usershow ,
232.Ar show user ,
233and
234.Ar user show
235all mean the same thing.)
236This flexibility is useful for interactive scripts calling
237.Nm
238for user and group database manipulation.
239Following these keywords, you may optionally specify the user or group name or numeric
240id as an alternative to using the
241.Fl n Ar name ,
242.Fl u Ar uid ,
243.Fl g Ar gid
244options.
245.Pp
246The following flags are common to most or all modes of operation:
247.Pp
248.Bl -tag -width "-G grouplist"
249.It Fl V Ar etcdir
250This flag sets an alternate location for the password, group and configuration files,
251and may be used to maintain a user/group database in an alternate location.
252If this switch is specified, the system
253.Pa /etc/pw.conf
254will not be sourced for default configuration data, but the file pw.conf in the
255specified directory will be used instead (or none, if it does not exist).
256The
257.Fl C
258flag may be used to override this behaviour.
259As an exception to the general rule where options must follow the operation
260type, the
261.Fl V
262flag may be used on the command line before the operation keyword.
263.It Fl C Ar config
264By default,
265.Nm
266reads the file
267.Pa /etc/pw.conf
268to obtain policy information on how new user accounts and groups are to be created.
269The
270.Fl C
271option specifies a different configuration file.
272While most of the contents of the configuration file may be overridden via
273command-line options, it may be more convenient to keep standard information in a
274configuration file.
275.It Fl q
276Use of this option causes
277.Nm
278to suppress error messages, which may be useful in interactive environments where it
279is preferable to interpret status codes returned by
280.Nm
281rather than messing up a carefully formatted display.
282.It Fl N
283This option is available in
284.Ar add
285and
286.Ar modify
287operations, and tells
288.Nm
289to output the result of the operation without updating the user or group
290databases.
291You may use the
292.Fl P
293option to switch between standard passwd and readable formats.
294.It Fl Y
295Using this option with any of the update modes causes
296.Nm
297to run
298.Xr make 1
299after changing to the directory
300.Pa /var/yp .
301This is intended to allow automatic updating of
302.Tn NIS
303database files.
304If separate passwd and group files are being used by
305.Tn NIS ,
306then use the
307.Fl y Ar path
308option to specify the location of the
309.Tn NIS
310passwd database so that
311.Nm
312will concurrently update it with the system password
313databases.
314.El
315.Sh USER OPTIONS
316The following options apply to the
317.Ar useradd
318and
319.Ar usermod
320commands:
321.Pp
322.Bl -tag -width "-G grouplist"
323.It Fl n Ar name
324Specify the user/account name.
325.It Fl u Ar uid
326Specify the user/account numeric id.
327.Pp
328Usually, you only need to provide one or the other of these options, as the account
329name will imply the uid, or vice versa.
330However, there are times when you need to provide both.
331For example, when changing the uid of an existing user with
332.Ar usermod ,
333or overriding the default uid when creating a new account.
334If you wish
335.Nm
336to automatically allocate the uid to a new user with
337.Ar useradd ,
338then you should
339.Em not
340use the
341.Fl u
342option.
343You may also provide either the account or userid immediately after the
344.Ar useradd ,
345.Ar userdel ,
346.Ar usermod
347or
348.Ar usershow
349keywords on the command line without using the
350.Fl n
351or
352.Fl u
353options.
354.El
355.Pp
356.Bl -tag -width "-G grouplist"
357.It Fl c Ar comment
358This field sets the contents of the passwd GECOS field, which normally contains up
359to four comma-separated fields containing the user's full name, office or location,
360and work and home phone numbers.
361These sub-fields are used by convention only, however, and are optional.
362If this field is to contain spaces, you need to quote the comment itself with double
363quotes
364.Ql \&" .
365Avoid using commas in this field as these are used as sub-field separators, and the
366colon
367.Ql \&:
368character also cannot be used as this is the field separator for the passwd
369file itself.
370.It Fl d Ar dir
371This option sets the account's home directory.
372Normally, you will only use this if the home directory is to be different from the
373default determined from
374.Pa /etc/pw.conf
375- normally
376.Pa /home
377with the account name as a subdirectory.
378.It Fl e Ar date
379Set the account's expiration date.
380Format of the date is either a UNIX time in decimal, or a date in
381.Ql dd-mmm-yy[yy]
382format, where dd is the day, mmm is the month, either in numeric or alphabetic format
383('Jan', 'Feb', etc) and year is either a two or four digit year.
384This option also accepts a relative date in the form
385.Ql \&+n[mhdwoy]
386where
387.Ql \&n
388is a decimal, octal (leading 0) or hexadecimal (leading 0x) digit followed by the
389number of Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months or Years from the current date at
390which the expiration date is to be set.
391.It Fl p Ar date
392Set the account's password expiration date.
393This field is similar to the account expiration date option, except that it
394applies to forced password changes.
395This is set in the same manner as the
396.Fl e
397option.
398.It Fl g Ar group
399Set the account's primary group to the given group.
400.Ar group
401may be defined by either its name or group number.
402.It Fl G Ar grouplist
403Set additional group memberships for an account.
404.Ar grouplist
405is a comma-separated list of group names or group numbers.
406The user's name is added to the group lists in
407.Pa /etc/group ,
408and
409removed from any groups not specified in
410.Ar grouplist .
411Note: a user should not be added to their primary group with
412.Ar grouplist .
413Also, group membership changes do not take effect for current user login
414sessions, requiring the user to reconnect to be affected by the changes.
415.It Fl L Ar class
416This option sets the login class for the user being created.
417See
418.Xr login.conf 5
419and
420.Xr passwd 5
421for more information on user login classes.
422.It Fl m
423This option instructs
424.Nm
425to attempt to create the user's home directory.
426While primarily useful when adding a new account with
427.Ar useradd ,
428this may also be of use when moving an existing user's home directory elsewhere on
429the file system.
430The new home directory is populated with the contents of the
431.Ar skeleton
432directory, which typically contains a set of shell configuration files that the
433user may personalize to taste.
434Files in this directory are usually named
435.Pa dot . Ns Aq Ar config
436where the
437.Pa dot
438prefix will be stripped.
439When
440.Fl m
441is used on an account with
442.Ar usermod ,
443existing configuration files in the user's home directory are
444.Em not
445overwritten from the skeleton files.
446.Pp
447When a user's home directory is created, it will by default be a subdirectory of the
448.Ar basehome
449directory as specified by the
450.Fl b
451option (see below), bearing the name of the new account.
452This can be overridden by the
453.Fl d
454option on the command line, if desired.
455.It Fl M Ar mode
456Create the user's home directory with the specified
457.Ar mode ,
458modified by the current
459.Xr umask 2 .
460If omitted, it is derived from the parent process'
461.Xr umask 2 .
462This option is only useful in combination with the
463.Fl m
464flag.
465.It Fl k Ar dir
466Set the
467.Ar skeleton
468directory, from which basic startup and configuration files are copied when
469the user's home directory is created.
470This option only has meaning when used with the
471.Fl d
472or
473.Fl m
474flags.
475.It Fl s Ar shell
476Set or changes the user's login shell to
477.Ar shell .
478If the path to the shell program is omitted,
479.Nm
480searches the
481.Ar shellpath
482specified in
483.Pa /etc/pw.conf
484and fills it in as appropriate.
485Note that unless you have a specific reason to do so, you should avoid
486specifying the path - this will allow
487.Nm
488to validate that the program exists and is executable.
489Specifying a full path (or supplying a blank "" shell) avoids this check
490and allows for such entries as
491.Pa /nonexistent
492that should be set for accounts not intended for interactive login.
493.It Fl h Ar fd
494This option provides a special interface by which interactive scripts can
495set an account password using
496.Nm .
497Because the command line and environment are fundamentally insecure mechanisms
498by which programs can accept information,
499.Nm
500will only allow setting of account and group passwords via a file descriptor
501(usually a pipe between an interactive script and the program).
502.Ar sh ,
503.Ar bash ,
504.Ar ksh
505and
506.Ar perl
507all possess mechanisms by which this can be done.
508Alternatively,
509.Nm
510will prompt for the user's password if
511.Fl h Ar 0
512is given, nominating
513.Em stdin
514as the file descriptor on which to read the password.
515Note that this password will be read only once and is intended
516for use by a script rather than for interactive use.
517If you wish to have new password confirmation along the lines of
518.Xr passwd 1 ,
519this must be implemented as part of an interactive script that calls
520.Nm .
521.Pp
522If a value of
523.Ql \&-
524is given as the argument
525.Ar fd ,
526then the password will be set to
527.Ql \&* ,
528rendering the account inaccessible via password-based login.
529.It Fl H Ar fd
530Read an encrypted password string from the specified file descriptor.
531This is like
532.Fl h ,
533but the password should be supplied already encrypted in a form
534suitable for writing directly to the password database.
535.El
536.Pp
537It is possible to use
538.Ar useradd
539to create a new account that duplicates an existing user id.
540While this is normally considered an error and will be rejected, the
541.Fl o
542option overrides the check for duplicates and allows the duplication of
543the user id.
544This may be useful if you allow the same user to login under
545different contexts (different group allocations, different home
546directory, different shell) while providing basically the same
547permissions for access to the user's files in each account.
548.Pp
549The
550.Ar useradd
551command also has the ability to set new user and group defaults by using the
552.Fl D
553option.
554Instead of adding a new user,
555.Nm
556writes a new set of defaults to its configuration file,
557.Pa /etc/pw.conf .
558When using the
559.Fl D
560option, you must not use either
561.Fl n Ar name
562or
563.Fl u Ar uid
564or an error will result.
565Use of
566.Fl D
567changes the meaning of several command line switches in the
568.Ar useradd
569command.
570These are:
571.Bl -tag -width "-G grouplist"
572.It Fl D
573Set default values in
574.Pa /etc/pw.conf
575configuration file, or a different named configuration file if the
576.Fl C Ar config
577option is used.
578.It Fl b Ar dir
579Set the root directory in which user home directories are created.
580The default value for this is
581.Pa /home ,
582but it may be set elsewhere as desired.
583.It Fl e Ar days
584Set the default account expiration period in days.
585Unlike use without
586.Fl D ,
587the argument must be numeric, which specifies the number of days after creation when
588the account is to expire.
589A value of 0 suppresses automatic calculation of the expiry date.
590.It Fl p Ar days
591Set the default password expiration period in days.
592.It Fl g Ar group
593Set the default group for new users.
594If a blank group is specified using
595.Fl g Ar \&"" ,
596then new users will be allocated their own private primary group
597with the same name as their login name.
598If a group is supplied, either its name or uid may be given as an argument.
599.It Fl G Ar grouplist
600Set the default groups in which new users are granted membership.
601This is a separate set of groups from the primary group, and you should avoid
602nominating the same group as both primary and extra groups.
603In other words, these extra groups determine membership in groups
604.Em other than
605the primary group.
606.Ar grouplist
607is a comma-separated list of group names or ids, and are always
608stored in
609.Pa /etc/pw.conf
610by their symbolic names.
611.It Fl L Ar class
612This option sets the default login class for new users.
613.It Fl k Ar dir
614Set the default
615.Em skeleton
616directory, from which prototype shell and other initialization files are copied when
617.Nm
618creates a user's home directory.
619See description of
620.Fl k
621for naming conventions of these files.
622.It Xo
623.Fl u Ar min , Ns Ar max ,
624.Fl i Ar min , Ns Ar max
625.Xc
626These options set the minimum and maximum user and group ids allocated for new accounts
627and groups created by
628.Nm .
629The default values for each is 1000 minimum and 32000 maximum.
630.Ar min
631and
632.Ar max
633are both numbers, where max must be greater than min, and both must be between 0
634and 32767.
635In general, user and group ids less than 100 are reserved for use by the system,
636and numbers greater than 32000 may also be reserved for special purposes (used by
637some system daemons).
638.It Fl w Ar method
639The
640.Fl w
641option sets the default method used to set passwords for newly created user accounts.
642.Ar method
643is one of:
644.Pp
645.Bl -tag -width random -offset indent -compact
646.It no
647disable login on newly created accounts
648.It yes
649force the password to be the account name
650.It none
651force a blank password
652.It random
653generate a random password
654.El
655.Pp
656The
657.Ql \&random
658or
659.Ql \&no
660methods are the most secure; in the former case,
661.Nm
662generates a password and prints it to stdout, which is suitable where you issue
663users with passwords to access their accounts rather than having the user nominate
664their own (possibly poorly chosen) password.
665The
666.Ql \&no
667method requires that the superuser use
668.Xr passwd 1
669to render the account accessible with a password.
670.It Fl y Ar path
671This sets the pathname of the database used by
672.Tn NIS
673if you are not sharing
674the information from
675.Pa /etc/master.passwd
676directly with
677.Tn NIS .
678You should only set this option for
679.Tn NIS
680servers.
681.El
682.Pp
683The
684.Ar userdel
685command has only three valid options.
686The
687.Fl n Ar name
688and
689.Fl u Ar uid
690options have already been covered above.
691The additional option is:
692.Bl -tag -width "-G grouplist"
693.It Fl r
694This tells
695.Nm
696to remove the user's home directory and all of its contents.
697The
698.Nm
699utility errs on the side of caution when removing files from the system.
700Firstly, it will not do so if the uid of the account being removed is also used by
701another account on the system, and the 'home' directory in the password file is
702a valid path that commences with the character
703.Ql \&/ .
704Secondly, it will only remove files and directories that are actually owned by
705the user, or symbolic links owned by anyone under the user's home directory.
706Finally, after deleting all contents owned by the user only empty directories
707will be removed.
708If any additional cleanup work is required, this is left to the administrator.
709.El
710.Pp
711Mail spool files and crontabs are always removed when an account is deleted as these
712are unconditionally attached to the user name.
713Jobs queued for processing by
714.Ar at
715are also removed if the user's uid is unique and not also used by another account on the
716system.
717.Pp
718The
719.Ar usershow
720command allows viewing of an account in one of two formats.
721By default, the format is identical to the format used in
722.Pa /etc/master.passwd
723with the password field replaced with a
724.Ql \&* .
725If the
726.Fl P
727option is used, then
728.Nm
729outputs the account details in a more human readable form.
730If the
731.Fl 7
732option is used, the account details are shown in v7 format.
733The
734.Fl a
735option lists all users currently on file.
736Using
737.Fl F
738forces
739.Nm
740to print the details of an account even if it does not exist.
741.Pp
742The command
743.Ar usernext
744returns the next available user and group ids separated by a colon.
745This is normally of interest only to interactive scripts or front-ends
746that use
747.Nm .
748.Sh GROUP OPTIONS
749The
750.Fl C
751and
752.Fl q
753options (explained at the start of the previous section) are available
754with the group manipulation commands.
755Other common options to all group-related commands are:
756.Bl -tag -width "-m newmembers"
757.It Fl n Ar name
758Specify the group name.
759.It Fl g Ar gid
760Specify the group numeric id.
761.Pp
762As with the account name and id fields, you will usually only need
763to supply one of these, as the group name implies the uid and vice
764versa.
765You will only need to use both when setting a specific group id
766against a new group or when changing the uid of an existing group.
767.It Fl M Ar memberlist
768This option provides an alternative way to add existing users to a
769new group (in groupadd) or replace an existing membership list (in
770groupmod).
771.Ar memberlist
772is a comma separated list of valid and existing user names or uids.
773.It Fl m Ar newmembers
774Similar to
775.Fl M ,
776this option allows the
777.Em addition
778of existing users to a group without replacing the existing list of
779members.
780Login names or user ids may be used, and duplicate users are
781silently eliminated.
782.El
783.Pp
784.Ar groupadd
785also has a
786.Fl o
787option that allows allocation of an existing group id to a new group.
788The default action is to reject an attempt to add a group, and this option overrides
789the check for duplicate group ids.
790There is rarely any need to duplicate a group id.
791.Pp
792The
793.Ar groupmod
794command adds one additional option:
795.Pp
796.Bl -tag -width "-m newmembers"
797.It Fl l Ar name
798This option allows changing of an existing group name to
799.Ql \&name .
800The new name must not already exist, and any attempt to duplicate an existing group
801name will be rejected.
802.El
803.Pp
804Options for
805.Ar groupshow
806are the same as for
807.Ar usershow ,
808with the
809.Fl g Ar gid
810replacing
811.Fl u Ar uid
812to specify the group id.
813The
814.Fl 7
815option does not apply to the
816.Ar groupshow
817command.
818.Pp
819The command
820.Ar groupnext
821returns the next available group id on standard output.
822.Sh USER LOCKING
823The
824.Nm
825utility
826supports a simple password locking mechanism for users; it works by
827prepending the string
828.Ql *LOCKED*
829to the beginning of the password field in
830.Pa master.passwd
831to prevent successful authentication.
832.Pp
833The
834.Ar lock
835and
836.Ar unlock
837commands take a user name or uid of the account to lock or unlock,
838respectively.
839The
840.Fl V ,
841.Fl C ,
842and
843.Fl q
844options as described above are accepted by these commands.
845.Sh NOTES
846For a summary of options available with each command, you can use
847.Dl pw [command] help
848For example,
849.Dl pw useradd help
850lists all available options for the useradd operation.
851.Pp
852The
853.Nm
854utility allows 8-bit characters in the passwd GECOS field (user's full name,
855office, work and home phone number subfields), but disallows them in
856user login and group names.
857Use 8-bit characters with caution, as connection to the Internet will
858require that your mail transport program supports 8BITMIME, and will
859convert headers containing 8-bit characters to 7-bit quoted-printable
860format.
861.Xr sendmail 8
862does support this.
863Use of 8-bit characters in the GECOS field should be used in
864conjunction with the user's default locale and character set
865and should not be implemented without their use.
866Using 8-bit characters may also affect other
867programs that transmit the contents of the GECOS field over the
868Internet, such as
869.Xr fingerd 8 ,
870and a small number of TCP/IP clients, such as IRC, where full names
871specified in the passwd file may be used by default.
872.Pp
873The
874.Nm
875utility writes a log to the
876.Pa /var/log/userlog
877file when actions such as user or group additions or deletions occur.
878The location of this logfile can be changed in
879.Xr pw.conf 5 .
880.Sh FILES
881.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwd.new -compact
882.It Pa /etc/master.passwd
883The user database
884.It Pa /etc/passwd
885A Version 7 format password file
886.It Pa /etc/login.conf
887The user capabilities database
888.It Pa /etc/group
889The group database
890.It Pa /etc/master.passwd.new
891Temporary copy of the master password file
892.It Pa /etc/passwd.new
893Temporary copy of the Version 7 password file
894.It Pa /etc/group.new
895Temporary copy of the group file
896.It Pa /etc/pw.conf
897Pw default options file
898.It Pa /var/log/userlog
899User/group modification logfile
900.El
901.Sh EXIT STATUS
902The
903.Nm
904utility returns EXIT_SUCCESS on successful operation, otherwise
905.Nm
906returns one of the
907following exit codes defined by
908.Xr sysexits 3
909as follows:
910.Bl -tag -width xxxx
911.It EX_USAGE
912.Bl -bullet -compact
913.It
914Command line syntax errors (invalid keyword, unknown option).
915.El
916.It EX_NOPERM
917.Bl -bullet -compact
918.It
919Attempting to run one of the update modes as non-root.
920.El
921.It EX_OSERR
922.Bl -bullet -compact
923.It
924Memory allocation error.
925.It
926Read error from password file descriptor.
927.El
928.It EX_DATAERR
929.Bl -bullet -compact
930.It
931Bad or invalid data provided or missing on the command line or
932via the password file descriptor.
933.It
934Attempted to remove, rename root account or change its uid.
935.El
936.It EX_OSFILE
937.Bl -bullet -compact
938.It
939Skeleton directory is invalid or does not exist.
940.It
941Base home directory is invalid or does not exist.
942.It
943Invalid or non-existent shell specified.
944.El
945.It EX_NOUSER
946.Bl -bullet -compact
947.It
948User, user id, group or group id specified does not exist.
949.It
950User or group recorded, added, or modified unexpectedly disappeared.
951.El
952.It EX_SOFTWARE
953.Bl -bullet -compact
954.It
955No more group or user ids available within specified range.
956.El
957.It EX_IOERR
958.Bl -bullet -compact
959.It
960Unable to rewrite configuration file.
961.It
962Error updating group or user database files.
963.It
964Update error for passwd or group database files.
965.El
966.It EX_CONFIG
967.Bl -bullet -compact
968.It
969No base home directory configured.
970.El
971.El
972.Sh SEE ALSO
973.Xr chpass 1 ,
974.Xr passwd 1 ,
975.Xr umask 2 ,
976.Xr group 5 ,
977.Xr login.conf 5 ,
978.Xr passwd 5 ,
979.Xr pw.conf 5 ,
980.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
981.Xr vipw 8
982.Sh HISTORY
983The
984.Nm
985utility was written to mimic many of the options used in the SYSV
986.Em shadow
987support suite, but is modified for passwd and group fields specific to
988the
989.Bx 4.4
990operating system, and combines all of the major elements
991into a single command.
992