IEEE DRAFT 1387.3 : D7 AUG 95

Introduction
Section 1: General
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Normative References
  1.3 Conformance
  1.4 Test methods
Section 2: Terminology and General Requirements
  2.1 Conventions
  2.2 Definitions
  2.3 Utility Conventions
  2.4 Utility Description Defaults
  2.5 Configuration Values
Section 3: User and Group Account Management Utilities
  3.1 Common Definitions for Utilities
  3.2 User and Group Account Option-Arguments
  3.3 User and Group Account Extended Options
  3.4 useradd - add a new user account
  3.5 userdel - delete a user account
  3.6 usermod - modify user account options
  3.7 userls - list user account options
  3.8 groupadd - add a new group account
  3.9 groupdel - delete a group account
  3.10 groupmod - modify a group account
  3.11 groupls - lists options of a group
  3.12 passwd - change user or group password
Annex A (informative) Bibliography
Annex B (informative) Rationale and Notes
  B.1 General
  B.2 Terminology and General Requirements
  B.3 Rationale - User and Group Account Management
Annex C (informative) Distributed System Management
        Issues
Annex D (informative) Portability Considerations
  D.1 User Requirements
  D.2 Portability Capabilities
  D.3 Profiling Considerations
Annex E (informative) Ballot Instructions
Alphabet Topical Index
FIGURES
FIGURE E-1 - Sample Ballot Response
TABLES
Table 1-1 - Conformance Options
Table 2-1 - Typographical Conventions
Table 1 - Comparison of Existing Practice


 

Provides a common set of utility programs, for the administration of the User and Group Account entities described in IEEE POSIX 1003.1 and 1003.2 standards.