lusermod(1)

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.

-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.