July 18, 2008 USERMGMT.CONF 5

### NAME

usermgmt.conf - user management tools configuration file

### SYNOPSIS

usermgmt.conf

### DESCRIPTION

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

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.

### FILES

```/etc/usermgmt.conf`
```/etc/skel/*`
```/etc/login.conf`

### SEE ALSO

login.conf(5), passwd(5), user(8), useradd(8), userdel(8), usermod(8)

### HISTORY

The usermgmt.conf configuration file first appeared in NetBSD1.5.