NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     userinfo - displays user information

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     userinfo [-ev] user

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The userinfo utility retrieves the user information from the
system.

     The following command line options are recognised:

     -e      return 0 if the user exists, and non-zero if the user does not
             exist, on the system.  No information is  displayed.
This form of
             the  command  is  useful  for  scripts which need to
check whether a
             particular user name or UID is already in use on the
system.

     -v      perform any actions in a verbose manner.

     The user argument may either be a user's name, or a UID.

     The userinfo utility exits 0 if the user name or UID exists,
and non-zero
     if it does not.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /etc/usermgmt.conf

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     passwd(5), usermgmt.conf(5)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The userinfo utility first appeared in OpenBSD 2.7.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The userinfo utility  was  written  by  Alistair  G.  Crooks
<[email protected]>.

OpenBSD      3.6                        November     30,     1999