Open System Services System Calls Reference Manual (G06.29+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

Miscellaneous users(5)
NAME
users - The default user configuration file for the user management suite on OSS.
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/default/users file contains the default values for configurable variables used in the user
and alias management utilities. The default values are used in the absence of user-specified
values. You must create and customize this file for your site-specific needs. The users.sample
file provides examples for setting variables.
FILE FORMAT
The file consists of variable, value duple entries. They are of the form <variable name>=<value>,
specified one duple entry per line. Blank lines and comment lines are ignored. Comments begin
with the "#" sign as the first non-white character of the line.
SECTION DESCRIPTIONS
The utilities in the user management suite recognize following variables:
GROUP, USER, HOME, EXPIRE, INACTIVE, and SKEL.
RELATED INFORMATION
login.defs(5), newusers(8), useradd(8), userdel(8), usermod(8).
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