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NAME

       lusermod - Modify an user

SYNOPSIS

       lusermod [OPTION]... user

DESCRIPTION

       Modifies the user with name user.

OPTIONS

       -c, --gecos=gecos
              Set   user’s   GECOS   field  to  gecos.   The  GECOS  field  is
              traditionally  used  to  store  user’s  real  name   and   other
              information.

       -d, --directory=directory
              Set user’s home directory to directory.

       -g, --gid=gid
              Change  user’s  primary  group  ID to gid.  If group with ID gid
              does not exist, a warning  is  printed,  but  the  operation  is
              performed anyway.

       -i, --interactive
              Ask  all questions when connecting to the user database, even if
              default answers are set up in libuser configuration.

       -L, --lock
              Lock user’s account.  This  prevents  logging  in  using  user’s
              password.

       -l, --login=name
              Rename user to name.

       -m, --movedirectory
              After changing user’s home directory (using the -d option), move
              the old home directory to the new location.

       -P, --plainpassword=password
              Set user’s password to password.  Note that the password can  be
              viewed while running lusermod using tools such as ps(1).

       -p, --password=encrypted
              Set  user’s  password  to  the  password represented by the hash
              encrypted.  Note that the  hash  can  be  viewed  while  running
              lusermod using tools such as ps(1).

       -s, --shell=shell
              Set user’s login shell to shell.

       -U, --unlock
              Unlock user’s account.

       -u, --uid=uid
              Change user’s user ID to uid.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.