NAME
    Linux::usermod - modify user accounts

SYNOPSIS
    use Linux::usermod;

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

    #all fields are returned from the class method fields

    $user->get(gid); #or the same $user->get(3); $user->get(uid); #the same
    $user->get(2); $user->get(shell); #the same $user->get(6);
    $user->get(ppassword); #passwd file $user->get(password); #shadow file -
    the encoded password

    $user->set(password); $user->set(shell);

    Linux::usermod->add(username);

    #or

    Linux::usermod->add(username, password, uid, gid, comment, home, shell);

    #where the password goes in shadow file and gid becomes equal to uid
    unless specified #and uid is becoming the first unreserved number after
    1000 unless specified

    Linux::usermod->del(username);

    print $user->get($_) for (Linux::usermod->fields);

DESCRIPTION
    Linux::usermod which adds, removes and modify user account according to
    the passwd and shadow files syntax (like struct passwd from pwd.h). It
    is not necessary those accounts to be system as long as
    Linux::usermod::file_passwd and Linux::usermod::file_shadow are not in
    "/etc" directory.

METHODS
    new (username)
    add (username, ...)
        Class method - add new user account arguments to add are optional,
        except username; they may be (username, password, uid, gid, comment,
        home, shell)

    del (username)
        Class method - removes user account

    tobsd converts user fields in shadow / master.passwd file to bsd style
    get get one of the following fields:

        NAME or 0 - The user's name
        PPASSWORD or 1 - The "passwd" file password
        UID or 2 - The user's id
        GID or 3 - The user's group id
        COMMENT or 4 - The Comment about the user (real username)
        HOME or 5 - The user's home directory
        SHELL or 6 - The user's shell
        SNAME or 7 - The user's name in shadow file
        PASSWORD or 8 - The 13-character encoded password
        LASTCHG or 9 - The number of days from January 1, 1970 of the last
        password changed date
        MIN or 10 - The minimum number of days required between password
        changes
        MAX or 11 - The maximum number of days the password is valid
        WARN or 12 - The number of days before expiring the password that
        the user is warned
        INACTIVE or 13 - The number of days of inactivity allowed for the
        user
        EXPIRE or 14 - The absolute date after which the login may no longer
        be used
        FLAG or 15 - Currently not used

        either string or number can be argument

    set (field)
        set a field which must be string, but not a number

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

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

    users
        Class method - return hash which keys are all users, teken from
        $file_passwd

FILES
        /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow unless given your own passwd and shadow
        files which must be created no matter what their names are as long
        as Linux::usermod::file_passwd and Linux::usermod::file_shadow vars
        know about them

TO DO
        Groups management

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

BUGS
        None known. Report any to author.

AUTHOR
        Vidul Petrov, vidul@abv.bg

        © 2004 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.