userinfo man page on OpenBSD

userinfo man page on OpenBSD

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USERINFO(8)		OpenBSD System Manager's Manual		   USERINFO(8)

NAME
     userinfo - display user information

SYNOPSIS
     userinfo [-e] user

DESCRIPTION
     The userinfo utility displays information about the specified user.  The
     fields shown are defined in master.passwd(5).  The encrypted password is
     only displayed if the calling user is the superuser.

     The options are as follows:

     -e	     Do not display anything (quiet mode).  This form of the command
	     is useful for scripts which need to check whether a particular
	     user name or UID is already in use on the system.

     The user argument may be either a user name or a user ID (UID).

EXIT STATUS
     The userinfo utility exits 0 if user exists, and non-zero if it does not.

SEE ALSO
     id(1), passwd(5), groupinfo(8), user(8)

HISTORY
     The userinfo utility first appeared in OpenBSD 2.7.

AUTHORS
     The userinfo utility was written by Alistair G. Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>.

OpenBSD 4.9		       September 3, 2010		   OpenBSD 4.9

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