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40 file is used to pre-set certain configuration options for
46 is invoked, it will check to see if this file exists, and
47 if so, the configuration will be used or offered as the
51 file offers three types of configuration:
54 Default settings offered by
56 These options are specified in the configuration file and offered
57 as the default during every invocation of the
61 Configuration options which can be set in
63 but overridden by passing a flag to
66 Configuration supported by
68 but not offered by a flag or during initial invocation.
71 In the first case, these options can be set in
73 but will still be offered when
78 will read the configuration data unless a flag
79 has been passed to override it.
83 In the third case, the configuration will be utilized, but the
84 user will never be prompted to modify the default setting by
92 The following configuration options can be set in
94 .Bl -tag -width ".Va defaultgroups" -offset indent
96 The default group new users will be added to.
98 The default class to place users in as described in
101 This option is used to specify what other groups the new account
105 .Cm no , none , random ,
110 As such, the text is not duplicated here and may be
114 The default home directory prefix, usually
117 The user's default shell which may be any of the shells listed in
120 Defines the location of the default shell and environment
123 Location of the default new user message file.
124 This message will be sent to all new users if specified
129 The default message enclosed in brackets for the
132 The default password expiration time.
133 Format of the date is either a
135 time in decimal, or a date in
137 .Ar dd No - Ar mmm No - Ar yy Op Ar yy
143 is the month in either numeric or
144 alphabetic format, and
146 is either a two or four digit year.
147 This option also accepts a relative date in the form of
149 .Ar n Op Ar m h d w o y
153 is a decimal, octal (leading 0) or hexadecimal (leading 0x) digit
154 followed by the number of Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months or
155 Years from the current date at
156 which the expiration time is to be set.
158 The default account expire time.
159 The format is similar to the
163 The default information to be held in the GECOS field of
164 .Pa /etc/master.passwd .
166 The default user ID setting.
167 This must be a number above 1000 and fewer than 65534.
170 The following is an example
172 file created with the
176 .Bd -literal -offset indent
177 # Configuration file for adduser(8).
178 # NOTE: only *some* variables are saved.
179 # Last Modified on Fri Mar 30 14:04:05 EST 2004.
186 defaultshell=/bin/csh
187 udotdir=/usr/share/skel
188 msgfile=/etc/adduser.msg
190 upwexpire=91d # Expire passwords 91 days after creation.
201 manual page first appeared in
204 This manual page was written by
205 .An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org .