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usrinfo(1)		     General Commands Manual		      usrinfo(1)

NAME
     usrinfo - Display information about system users.

SYNOPSIS
     usrinfo [ -wtnpugdso ]

     usrinfo [ -wtnpugdso ] [ user ]

     usrinfo [ -iwtnpugdso ] [ uid ]

     usrinfo [ -v ]

     usrinfo [ -h ]

DESCRIPTION
     usrinfo  [coded in c++] displays information about a user via command line.
     The current version includes arguments for  username,  encrypted  password,
     unix  identification  number,  group identification number, home directory,
     shell, and other Information.

     A user can specify either web style breaks[by including the -w  option]  or
     unix style breaks[default].

     Usually a user would want to operate usrinfo with the following options:

     usrinfo -tnpugdso user

     Or in the case of calling usrinfo from a webpage:

     usrinfo -wtnpugdso user

OPTIONS
     The  "-iwtnpugdso" options may be specified in any order. "-v" and "-h" op-
     tions are to be specified alone.

     -i uid	 By default the username is used to find information  about  the
		 user; The '-i' option uses the user's uid instead.

     -w 	 By  default  unix-style breaks are used; The '-w' option speci-
		 fies webstyle breaks instead.

     -t 	 By default topics are turned off; The '-t' options turns topics
		 on.

     -n 	 Displays the username specified during program initiation.

     -p 	 Displays the user's encrypted password if rooted;  Otherwise  a
		 '*' is shown.

     -u 	 Displays the user's unix identification number.

     -g 	 Displays the user's group identification number.

     -d 	 Displays the user's home directory.

     -s 	 Displays the user's shell.

     -o 	 Displays other information about the user such as phone-number,
		 etc.

     -v 	 Displays the program version, website, and creator.

     -h 	 Displays this help message.

FILES
     /usr/local/bin/usrinfo
	    The usrinfo binary.

     /usr/local/man/man1/usrinfo.1
	    The usrinfo manpage.

AUTHOR
     (c)Aaron	Myles	Landwehr  aaron@snaphat.com  assroot@snaphat.com  white-
     hata_zz@yahoo.com

				  24 June 2004			      usrinfo(1)

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