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.\" $Id: adduser.1,v 1.2 1994/12/28 07:11:29 gclarkii Exp $
.Dd December 28, 1994
.Dt ADDUSER 1
.Os FreeBSD
.Sh NAME
.Nm adduser
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a Perl script for adding users under a BSD system. It has the ability to
keep track of the current userid and increment this automaticly. It can
also use a default group id.
.Ss SETUP
In the normal course of usage there is no setup needed. If you wish to use
auto-increment mode, you must do two things.
.Bl -enum -compact
.It
Change the variable in
.Pa /etc/adduser.conf
to allow for the auto-increment
.It
Change the file
.Pa /etc/userids
to show the current id number.
.El
To use the default group id, just change the variable in
.Pa /etc/adduser.conf
to reflect the group that you wish as a default.
.Sh FILES
.Pa /etc/adduser.conf
.Pa /etc/userids
.Pa /usr/share/skel/*
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr adduser 8
.Xr perl 1
.Sh HISTORY
The adduser command appeared in FreeBSD 2.0C (12-94).