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     NAME
          passmgmt - password files management

     SYNOPSIS
          passmgmt -a options name
          passmgmt -m options name
          passmgmt -d name
          passmgmt -f name
          passmgmt -r name passmgmt -n name

     DESCRIPTION
          The passmgmt command updates information in the password
          files.  This command works with /etc/passwd.local

          passmgmt -a adds an entry for user name to the login
          password files.  This command does not create any directory
          for the new user, and there is no password, until the
          passwd(C) or yppasswd(NC) command is executed to set the
          password.

          passmgmt -m modifies the entry for user name in the login
          password files.  All the fields in the /etc/passwd.local
          entry can be modified by this command.  Only fields entered
          on the command line will be modified.

          passmgmt -d locks the account for user name from the login
          password files.  It will not remove any files that the user
          owns on the system; they must be removed manually.

          passmgmt -f unlocks the account for user name from the login
          password files.  It will not remove any files that the user
          owns on the system; they must be removed manually.

          passmgmt -r retires the account for user name from the login
          password files.  It will not remove any files that the user
          owns on the system; they must be removed manually.  passmgmt
          -n alters the status for networked user name from a
          networked account to a local account.

          name, the login name of the user, must be unique.

          The following options are available:

          -c comment  A short description of the login.  It is limited
                      to a maximum of 128 characters and defaults to
                      an empty field.

          -h homedir  Home directory of name.  It is limited to a
                      maximum of 256 characters and defaults to
                      /usr/name.

          -u uid      UID of the name.  This number must range from 0



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                      to the maximum value for the system.  It
                      defaults to the next available UID greater than
                      100.  Without the -o option, it enforces the
                      uniqueness of a UID.

          -o          This option allows a UID to be non-unique.  It
                      is used only with the -u option.

          -g gid      GID of the name.  This number must range from 0
                      to the maximum value for the system.  The
                      default is 1.

          -s shell    Login shell for name.  It should be the full
                      pathname of the program that will be executed
                      when the user logs in.  The maximum length of
                      shell is 256 characters. The default is for this
                      field to be empty and to be interpreted as
                      /bin/sh.

          -l logname  This option changes the name to logname for the
                      -m option only.

          The total size of each login entry, whether existing or new,
          is limited to a maximum of 511 bytes in the password files.

     FILES
          /etc/passwd
          /etc/passwd.local
          /etc/opasswd

     SEE ALSO
          passwd(C), yppasswd(NC).

          passwd(F) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.

     DIAGNOSTICS
          The passmgmt command exits with one of the following values:

          0         SUCCESS.

          1         Permission denied.

          2         Invalid command syntax.  Usage message of the
                    passmgmt command will be displayed.

          3         Invalid argument provided to option.

          4         UID in use.

          5         Inconsistent password files

          6         Unexpected failure.  Password files unchanged.



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          7         Unexpected failure.  Password file(s) missing.

          8         Password file(s) busy.  Try again later.

          9         name does not exist (if -m or -d is specified),
                    already exists (if -a is specified), or logname
                    already exists (if -m -l is specified).

     NOTE
          You cannot use a colon or <cr> because it will be
          interpreted as a field separator.












































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