usermod.4 (2010 09)

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NAME
usermod: /etc/default/usermod - list of home directory names
DESCRIPTION
/etc/default/usermod
is an ASCII file that contains a list of home directory names.
The
usermod command checks this configuration file before changing a user’s home directory. If the
user’s old home directory is listed in
/etc/default/usermod
, the user’s directories/files will be
prevented from moving to a new home directory.
Each line in the file is of the form:
directory_name
consisting of entries similar to:
/home/newuser
Only system administrators can modify this configuration file to add directory entries.
Each home directory is listed in the file by its absolute path name. Directory names exceeding
PATH_MAX characters will be silently ignored by usermod
.
The behavior of the
usermod command is undefined if:
• There are leading and trailing spaces in the line.
• There are empty lines in the configuration file.
• Symbolic links are specified instead of actual directories.
• Relative paths are specified instead of actual directories.
AUTHOR
usermod was developed by HP.
FILES
/etc/default/usermod
SEE ALSO
usermod(1M), limits(5).
HP-UX 11i Version 3: September 2010 − 1 − Hewlett-Packard Company 1