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39 file is automatically generated by the
41 utility when invoked with the
44 It is not meant to be edited by hand.
48 file is used to pre-set certain configuration options for
54 is invoked, it will check to see if this file exists, and
55 if so, the configuration will be used or offered as the
59 file offers three types of configuration:
62 Default settings offered by
64 These options are specified in the configuration file and offered
65 as the default during every invocation of the
69 Configuration options which can be set in
71 but overridden by passing a flag to
74 Configuration supported by
76 but not offered by a flag or during initial invocation.
79 In the first case, these options can be set in
81 but will still be offered when
86 will read the configuration data unless a flag
87 has been passed to override it.
91 In the third case, the configuration will be utilized, but the
92 user will never be prompted to modify the default setting by
100 The following configuration options can be set in
102 .Bl -tag -width ".Va defaultgroups" -offset indent
104 The default group new users will be added to.
106 The default class to place users in as described in
109 This option is used to specify what other groups the new account
113 .Cm no , none , random ,
118 As such, the text is not duplicated here and may be
122 The default home directory prefix, usually
125 The user's default shell which may be any of the shells listed in
128 Defines the location of the default shell and environment
131 Location of the default new user message file.
132 This message will be sent to all new users if specified
137 The default message enclosed in brackets for the
140 The default password expiration time.
141 Format of the date is either a
143 time in decimal, or a date in
145 .Ar dd No - Ar mmm No - Ar yy Op Ar yy
151 is the month in either numeric or
152 alphabetic format, and
154 is either a two or four digit year.
155 This option also accepts a relative date in the form of
157 .Ar n Op Ar m h d w o y
161 is a decimal, octal (leading 0) or hexadecimal (leading 0x) digit
162 followed by the number of Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months or
163 Years from the current date at
164 which the expiration time is to be set.
166 The default account expire time.
167 The format is similar to the
171 The default information to be held in the GECOS field of
172 .Pa /etc/master.passwd .
174 The default user ID setting.
175 This must be a number above 1000 and fewer than 65534.
178 The following is an example
180 file created with the
184 .Bd -literal -offset indent
185 # Configuration file for adduser(8).
186 # NOTE: only *some* variables are saved.
187 # Last Modified on Fri Mar 30 14:04:05 EST 2004.
194 defaultshell=/bin/csh
195 udotdir=/usr/share/skel
196 msgfile=/etc/adduser.msg
198 upwexpire=91d # Expire passwords 91 days after creation.
209 manual page first appeared in
212 This manual page was written by
213 .An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org .
215 The internal variables documented here may change without notice.
217 To modify this file invoke