The former UserMod is now Linux::usermod
I believe that's the correct name!
(for OS and Language)


NAME
       Linux::usermod - modify user accounts

SYNOPSIS
         use Linux::usermod;

         $user = Linux::usermod->new("username");

         $user->change($field_name, $new_value);
         $user->show($field_name);
         $user->lock;
         $user->unlock;


DESCRIPTION
       Linux::usermod is a simple package which change or return fields
       from /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files. It acts like
       usermod (with the main exception it is OOPerl program).
       The job is done entirely in change which returns(shows)
       the value of the field specified as a first argument. The
       second optional argument serves as a new value for the
       field. If password field is specified, You can use third
       argument for the value of salt which is 13 characters by
       default. The package implements a simple taint checking by
       'carping'(warning) for input data which is not any of the
       following: '!-\/\w\s+"'.

METHODS
       change method - fields take the following values:
           comment - comments or user full name
           dsadis - days since Jan 1, 1970 that account is dis-
           abled
           dsalch - days since Jan 1, 1970 that password was last
           changed
           expire - days after password expired that account is
           disabled
           gid - group id
           home - home directory
           may - days before password may be changed
           must - days after which password must be changed
           password - encoded password from shadow file
           shell - login shell
           uid - user id
           warn - days before password is to expire user is
           warned
       show
           returns the field specified as its only argument.
           Equivalent to change when one argument is given.

       lock
           Lock a user account ('!' at the beginning of the
           encoded password)

       unlock
           Unlock user account (removes '!' from the beginning of
           the encoded password)

FILES
       /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow

SEE ALSO
       getpwent(3), getpwnam(3), usermod(8), passwd(8)

AUTHOR
       Vidul Petrov, vidul@abv.bg

COPYRIGHT
       © 2002 Vidul Petrov. All rights reserved.

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it
       and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See also the rough example "usrm".

2002-10-15