usermgmt.conf
—
user management tools configuration file
The usermgmt.conf
file defines the default values used
by the user management tools,
useradd(8) and friends.
Options in this file can be set by manually editing
/etc/usermgmt.conf or using the
-D
option to
useradd(8).
base_dir
- sets the base directory name, in which new users' home directories are
created when using the
-m
option to
useradd(8).
class
- sets the default login class for new users. See
login.conf(5) for more
information on user login classes.
expire
- sets the default time at which the current password expires. This can be
used to implement password aging. Both the expire
and inactive fields should be entered in the form
“month day year”, where month is the month name (the first
three characters are sufficient), day is the day of the month, and year is
the year. Time in seconds since the epoch (UTC) is also valid. A value of
0 can be used to disable this feature.
group
- sets the default primary group for new users. If this is
‘
=uid
’, then a uid and gid will be
picked which are both unique and the same, and a line will be added to
/etc/group to describe the new group. It has the
format:
group
gid | name |
=uid
homeperm
- sets the default permissions of the newly created home directory if
-m
is given to
useradd(8). The permission
is specified as an octal number, with or without a leading zero.
inactive
- sets the default time at which new accounts expire. A value of 0 can be
used to disable this feature. Also see the expire
field.
password
- specifies an already-encrypted default password.
preserve
- If this value is one of ‘
true
’,
‘yes
’, or a non-zero number, then
the user login information will be preserved when removing a user with
userdel(8).
range
- specifies the uid boundaries for new users. If unspecified, the default is
“1000..60000”. It has the format:
range
starting-uid
..
ending-uid
gid_range
- specifies the gid boundaries for new groups. If unspecified, the default
is “1000..60000”. It has the format:
gid_range
starting-gid
..
ending-gid
shell
- sets the default login shell for new users.
skel_dir
- sets the default skeleton directory in which to find files with which to
populate the new user's home directory.
The usermgmt.conf
file uses a simple syntax format. Each
line must contain one option. That option must be in the front of the line (no
spaces). Any number of white spaces such as ' ' and '\t' may follow. The line
ends with a list of options from each.
- /etc/usermgmt.conf
-
- /etc/skel/*
-
- /etc/login.conf
-
group wheel
base_dir /home/
skel_dir /etc/skel
shell /bin/sh
inactive 0
The usermgmt.conf
configuration file first appeared in
NetBSD 1.5.