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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
- Copyright (c) 1991 - 1994, Julianne Frances Haugh
- Copyright (c) 2007 - 2011, Nicolas François
- All rights reserved.
-
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--->
-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.5//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
-<!ENTITY CREATE_HOME SYSTEM "login.defs.d/CREATE_HOME.xml">
-<!ENTITY GID_MAX SYSTEM "login.defs.d/GID_MAX.xml">
-<!ENTITY MAIL_DIR SYSTEM "login.defs.d/MAIL_DIR.xml">
-<!ENTITY MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP SYSTEM "login.defs.d/MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP.xml">
-<!ENTITY PASS_MAX_DAYS SYSTEM "login.defs.d/PASS_MAX_DAYS.xml">
-<!ENTITY PASS_MIN_DAYS SYSTEM "login.defs.d/PASS_MIN_DAYS.xml">
-<!ENTITY PASS_WARN_AGE SYSTEM "login.defs.d/PASS_WARN_AGE.xml">
-<!ENTITY SYS_GID_MAX SYSTEM "login.defs.d/SYS_GID_MAX.xml">
-<!ENTITY SYS_UID_MAX SYSTEM "login.defs.d/SYS_UID_MAX.xml">
-<!ENTITY UID_MAX SYSTEM "login.defs.d/UID_MAX.xml">
-<!ENTITY UMASK SYSTEM "login.defs.d/UMASK.xml">
-<!ENTITY TCB_AUTH_GROUP SYSTEM "login.defs.d/TCB_AUTH_GROUP.xml">
-<!ENTITY TCB_SYMLINKS SYSTEM "login.defs.d/TCB_SYMLINKS.xml">
-<!ENTITY USE_TCB SYSTEM "login.defs.d/USE_TCB.xml">
-<!ENTITY USERGROUPS_ENAB SYSTEM "login.defs.d/USERGROUPS_ENAB.xml">
-<!-- SHADOW-CONFIG-HERE -->
-]>
-<refentry id='useradd.8'>
- <!-- $Id$ -->
- <refentryinfo>
- <author>
- <firstname>Julianne Frances</firstname>
- <surname>Haugh</surname>
- <contrib>Creation, 1991</contrib>
- </author>
- <author>
- <firstname>Thomas</firstname>
- <surname>Kłoczko</surname>
- <email>kloczek@pld.org.pl</email>
- <contrib>shadow-utils maintainer, 2000 - 2007</contrib>
- </author>
- <author>
- <firstname>Nicolas</firstname>
- <surname>François</surname>
- <email>nicolas.francois@centraliens.net</email>
- <contrib>shadow-utils maintainer, 2007 - now</contrib>
- </author>
- </refentryinfo>
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>useradd</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- <refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">System Management Commands</refmiscinfo>
- <refmiscinfo class="source">shadow-utils</refmiscinfo>
- <refmiscinfo class="version">&SHADOW_UTILS_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
- </refmeta>
- <refnamediv id='name'>
- <refname>useradd</refname>
- <refpurpose>create a new user or update default new user information</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
- <refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>useradd</command>
- <arg choice='opt'>
- <replaceable>options</replaceable>
- </arg>
- <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable></arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>useradd</command>
- <arg choice='plain'>-D </arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>useradd</command>
- <arg choice='plain'>-D </arg>
- <arg choice='opt'>
- <replaceable>options</replaceable>
- </arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
- <refsect1 id='description'>
- <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
- <para>
- When invoked without the <option>-D</option> option, the
- <command>useradd</command> command creates a new user account using
- the values specified on the command line plus the default values from
- the system. Depending on command line options, the
- <command>useradd</command> command
- will update system files and may also create the new user's home
- directory and copy initial files.
- </para>
- <para>
- By default, a group will also be created for the new user (see
- <option>-g</option>, <option>-N</option>, <option>-U</option>, and
- <option>USERGROUPS_ENAB</option>).
- </para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1 id='options'>
- <title>OPTIONS</title>
- <para>The options which apply to the <command>useradd</command> command are:
- </para>
- <variablelist remap='IP'>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-b</option>, <option>--base-dir</option>
- <replaceable>BASE_DIR</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The default base directory for the system if <option>-d</option>
- <replaceable>HOME_DIR</replaceable> is not specified.
- <replaceable>BASE_DIR</replaceable> is
- concatenated with the account name to define the home directory.
- If the <option>-m</option> option is not used,
- <replaceable>BASE_DIR</replaceable> must exist.
- </para>
- <para>
- If this option is not specified, <command>useradd</command>
- will use the base directory specified by the
- <option>HOME</option> variable in
- <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>, or
- <filename>/home</filename> by default.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-c</option>, <option>--comment</option>
- <replaceable>COMMENT</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Any text string. It is generally a short description of the
- login, and is currently used as the field for the user's full
- name.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-d</option>, <option>--home</option>
- <replaceable>HOME_DIR</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The new user will be created using
- <replaceable>HOME_DIR</replaceable> as the value for the user's
- login directory. The default is to append the
- <replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable> name to
- <replaceable>BASE_DIR</replaceable> and use that as the login
- directory name. The directory <replaceable>HOME_DIR</replaceable>
- does not have to exist but will not be created if it is missing.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-D</option>, <option>--defaults</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- See below, the subsection "Changing the default values".
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-e</option>, <option>--expiredate</option>
- <replaceable>EXPIRE_DATE</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The date on which the user account will be disabled. The date is
- specified in the format <emphasis remap='I'>YYYY-MM-DD</emphasis>.
- </para>
- <para>
- If not specified, <command>useradd</command> will use the
- default expiry date specified by the <option>EXPIRE</option>
- variable in <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>, or
- an empty string (no expiry) by default.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-f</option>, <option>--inactive</option>
- <replaceable>INACTIVE</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The number of days after a password expires until the account is
- permanently disabled. A value of 0 disables the account as soon
- as the password has expired, and a value of -1 disables the
- feature.
- </para>
- <para>
- If not specified, <command>useradd</command> will use the
- default inactivity period specified by the
- <option>INACTIVE</option> variable in
- <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>, or -1 by default.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-g</option>, <option>--gid</option>
- <replaceable>GROUP</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The group name or number of the user's initial login group. The
- group name must exist. A group number must refer to an already
- existing group.
- </para>
- <para>
- If not specified, the behavior of <command>useradd</command>
- will depend on the <option>USERGROUPS_ENAB</option> variable
- in <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>. If this variable is
- set to <replaceable>yes</replaceable> (or
- <option>-U/--user-group</option> is specified on the command
- line), a group will be created for the user, with the same
- name as her loginname. If the variable is set to
- <replaceable>no</replaceable> (or
- <option>-N/--no-user-group</option> is specified on the
- command line), useradd will set the primary group of the new
- user to the value specified by the <option>GROUP</option>
- variable in <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>, or
- 100 by default.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-G</option>, <option>--groups</option>
- <replaceable>GROUP1</replaceable>[<emphasis remap='I'>,GROUP2,...</emphasis>[<emphasis remap='I'>,GROUPN</emphasis>]]]
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- A list of supplementary groups which the user is also a member
- of. Each group is separated from the next by a comma, with no
- intervening whitespace. The groups are subject to the same
- restrictions as the group given with the <option>-g</option>
- option. The default is for the user to belong only to the
- initial group.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-h</option>, <option>--help</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Display help message and exit.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-k</option>, <option>--skel</option>
- <replaceable>SKEL_DIR</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The skeleton directory, which contains files and directories
- to be copied in the user's home directory, when the home
- directory is created by <command>useradd</command>.
- </para>
- <para>
- This option is only valid if the <option>-m</option> (or
- <option>--create-home</option>) option is specified.
- </para>
- <para>
- If this option is not set, the skeleton directory is defined
- by the <option>SKEL</option> variable in
- <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename> or, by default,
- <filename>/etc/skel</filename>.
- </para>
- <para>
- If possible, the ACLs and extended attributes are copied.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-K</option>, <option>--key</option>
- <replaceable>KEY</replaceable>=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Overrides <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename> defaults
- (<option>UID_MIN</option>, <option>UID_MAX</option>,
- <option>UMASK</option>, <option>PASS_MAX_DAYS</option>
- and others).
- <para>
- </para>
- Example: <option>-K </option><replaceable>PASS_MAX_DAYS</replaceable>=<replaceable>-1</replaceable>
- can be used when creating system account to turn off password
- ageing, even though system account has no password at all.
- Multiple <option>-K</option> options can be specified, e.g.:
- <option>-K </option>
- <replaceable>UID_MIN</replaceable>=<replaceable>100</replaceable>
- <option>-K </option>
- <replaceable>UID_MAX</replaceable>=<replaceable>499</replaceable>
- </para>
- <!--para>
- Note: <option>-K </option>
- <replaceable>UID_MIN</replaceable>=<replaceable>10</replaceable>,<replaceable>UID_MAX</replaceable>=<replaceable>499</replaceable>
- doesn't work yet.
- </para-->
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-l</option>, <option>--no-log-init</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Do not add the user to the lastlog and faillog databases.
- </para>
- <para>
- By default, the user's entries in the lastlog and faillog
- databases are resetted to avoid reusing the entry from a previously
- deleted user.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-m</option>, <option>--create-home</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Create the user's home directory if it does not exist.
- The files and directories contained in the skeleton directory
- (which can be defined with the <option>-k</option> option)
- will be copied to the home directory.
- </para>
- <para>
- By default, if this option is not specified and
- <option>CREATE_HOME</option> is not enabled, no home
- directories are created.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-M</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Do no create the user's home directory, even if the system
- wide setting from <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>
- (<option>CREATE_HOME</option>) is set to
- <replaceable>yes</replaceable>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-N</option>, <option>--no-user-group</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Do not create a group with the same name as the user, but
- add the user to the group specified by the <option>-g</option>
- option or by the <option>GROUP</option> variable in
- <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>.
- </para>
- <para>
- The default behavior (if the <option>-g</option>,
- <option>-N</option>, and <option>-U</option> options are not
- specified) is defined by the <option>USERGROUPS_ENAB</option>
- variable in <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-o</option>, <option>--non-unique</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Allow the creation of a user account with a duplicate (non-unique) UID.</para>
- <para>
- This option is only valid in combination with the
- <option>-u</option> option.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-p</option>, <option>--password</option>
- <replaceable>PASSWORD</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The encrypted password, as returned by <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>crypt</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>. The default is to disable the password.
- </para>
- <para>
- <emphasis role="bold">Note:</emphasis> This option is not
- recommended because the password (or encrypted password) will
- be visible by users listing the processes.
- </para>
- <para>
- You should make sure the password respects the system's
- password policy.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-r</option>, <option>--system</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Create a system account.
- </para>
- <para>
- System users will be created with no aging information in
- <filename>/etc/shadow</filename>, and their numeric
- identifiers are chosen in the
- <option>SYS_UID_MIN</option>-<option>SYS_UID_MAX</option>
- range, defined in <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>, instead of
- <option>UID_MIN</option>-<option>UID_MAX</option> (and their
- <option>GID</option> counterparts for the creation of groups).
- </para>
- <para>
- Note that <command>useradd</command> will not create a home
- directory for such an user, regardless of the default setting
- in <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>
- (<option>CREATE_HOME</option>). You have to specify the
- <option>-m</option> options if you want a home directory for a
- system account to be created.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-R</option>, <option>--root</option>
- <replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Apply changes in the <replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable>
- directory and use the configuration files from the
- <replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable> directory.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-s</option>, <option>--shell</option>
- <replaceable>SHELL</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The name of the user's login shell. The default is to leave this
- field blank, which causes the system to select the default login
- shell specified by the <option>SHELL</option> variable in
- <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>, or an empty string
- by default.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-u</option>, <option>--uid</option>
- <replaceable>UID</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The numerical value of the user's ID. This value must be unique,
- unless the <option>-o</option> option is used. The value must be
- non-negative. The default is to use the smallest ID value
- greater than or equal to <option>UID_MIN</option> and greater
- than every other user.
- </para>
- <para>
- See also the <option>-r</option> option and the
- <option>UID_MAX</option> description.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-U</option>, <option>--user-group</option>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Create a group with the same name as the user, and
- add the user to this group.
- </para>
- <para>
- The default behavior (if the <option>-g</option>,
- <option>-N</option>, and <option>-U</option> options are not
- specified) is defined by the <option>USERGROUPS_ENAB</option>
- variable in <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-Z</option>, <option>--selinux-user</option>
- <replaceable>SEUSER</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The SELinux user for the user's login. The default is to leave this
- field blank, which causes the system to select the default SELinux
- user.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- <refsect2 id='changing_the_default_values'>
- <title>Changing the default values</title>
- <para>
- When invoked with only the <option>-D</option> option,
- <command>useradd</command> will display the current default values.
- When invoked with <option>-D</option> plus other options,
- <command>useradd</command> will update the default values for the
- specified options. Valid default-changing options are:
- </para>
- <variablelist remap='IP'>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-b</option>, <option>--base-dir</option>
- <replaceable>BASE_DIR</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The path prefix for a new user's home directory. The
- user's name will be affixed to the end of
- <replaceable>BASE_DIR</replaceable> to form the new user's
- home directory name, if the <option>-d</option> option is not used
- when creating a new account.
- </para>
- <para>
- This option sets the <option>HOME</option> variable in
- <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-e</option>, <option>--expiredate</option>
- <replaceable>EXPIRE_DATE</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The date on which the user account is disabled.</para>
- <para>
- This option sets the <option>EXPIRE</option> variable in
- <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-f</option>, <option>--inactive</option>
- <replaceable>INACTIVE</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The number of days after a password has expired before the
- account will be disabled.
- </para>
- <para>
- This option sets the <option>INACTIVE</option> variable in
- <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-g</option>, <option>--gid</option>
- <replaceable>GROUP</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The group name or ID for a new user's initial group (when
- the <option>-N/--no-user-group</option> is used or when the
- <option>USERGROUPS_ENAB</option> variable is set to
- <replaceable>no</replaceable> in
- <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>). The named
- group must exist, and a numerical group ID must have an
- existing entry.
- </para>
- <para>
- This option sets the <option>GROUP</option> variable in
- <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>-s</option>, <option>--shell</option>
- <replaceable>SHELL</replaceable>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The name of a new user's login shell.
- </para>
- <para>
- This option sets the <option>SHELL</option> variable in
- <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- </refsect2>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1 id='notes'>
- <title>NOTES</title>
- <para>The system administrator is responsible for placing the default
- user files in the <filename>/etc/skel/</filename> directory (or any
- other skeleton directory specified in
- <filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename> or on the command line).
- </para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1 id='caveats'>
- <title>CAVEATS</title>
- <para>
- You may not add a user to a NIS or LDAP group. This must be
- performed on the corresponding server.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Similarly, if the username already exists in an external user
- database such as NIS or LDAP, <command>useradd</command> will deny
- the user account creation request.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Usernames must start with a lower case letter or an underscore,
- followed by lower case letters, digits, underscores, or dashes.
- They can end with a dollar sign.
- In regular expression terms: [a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*[$]?
- </para>
- <para>
- Usernames may only be up to 32 characters long.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1 id='configuration'>
- <title>CONFIGURATION</title>
- <para>
- The following configuration variables in
- <filename>/etc/login.defs</filename> change the behavior of this
- tool:
- </para>
- <variablelist>
- &CREATE_HOME;
- &GID_MAX; <!-- documents also GID_MIN -->
- &MAIL_DIR;
- &MAX_MEMBERS_PER_GROUP;
- &PASS_MAX_DAYS;
- &PASS_MIN_DAYS;
- &PASS_WARN_AGE;
- &SYS_GID_MAX; <!-- documents also SYS_GID_MIN -->
- &SYS_UID_MAX; <!-- documents also SYS_UID_MIN -->
- &TCB_AUTH_GROUP;
- &TCB_SYMLINKS;
- &UID_MAX; <!-- documents also UID_MIN -->
- &UMASK;
- &USE_TCB;
- &USERGROUPS_ENAB;
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1 id='files'>
- <title>FILES</title>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><filename>/etc/passwd</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>User account information.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><filename>/etc/shadow</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Secure user account information.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><filename>/etc/group</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Group account information.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry condition="gshadow">
- <term><filename>/etc/gshadow</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Secure group account information.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Default values for account creation.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><filename>/etc/skel/</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Directory containing default files.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><filename>/etc/login.defs</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Shadow password suite configuration.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1 id='exit_values'>
- <title>EXIT VALUES</title>
- <para>
- The <command>useradd</command> command exits with the following values:
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable>0</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>success</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable>1</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>can't update password file</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable>2</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>invalid command syntax</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable>3</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>invalid argument to option</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable>4</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>UID already in use (and no <option>-o</option>)</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable>6</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>specified group doesn't exist</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable>9</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>username already in use</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable>10</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>can't update group file</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable>12</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>can't create home directory</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable>14</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>can't update SELinux user mapping</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1 id='see_also'>
- <title>SEE ALSO</title>
- <para>
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>chfn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>chsh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>passwd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>crypt</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>groupadd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>groupdel</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>groupmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>login.defs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>newusers</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>userdel</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle>usermod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry>.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
-</refentry>