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-.TH ADDUSER 8 "June 24, 1990"
-.UC 4
-.SH NAME
-adduser \- procedure for adding new users
-.SH DESCRIPTION
+.\"     @(#)adduser.8  8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 5, 1993
+.Dt ADDUSER 8
+.Os BSD 4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm adduser
+.Nd procedure for adding new users
+.Sh DESCRIPTION

 A new user must choose a login name, which must not already appear in
 A new user must choose a login name, which must not already appear in

-.IR /etc/passwd or
-.IR /etc/aliases .
-It must also not begin with the hyphen (``-'') character.
+.Pa /etc/passwd
+or
+.Pa /etc/aliases .
+It must also not begin with the hyphen
+.Ql Fl
+character.

 It is strongly recommended that it be all lower-case, and not contain
 It is strongly recommended that it be all lower-case, and not contain

-the dot (``.'') character, as that tends to confuse mailers.
+the dot
+.Ql \&.
+character, as that tends to confuse mailers.

 An account can be added by editing a line into the passwd file; this
 must be done with the password file locked e.g. by using
 An account can be added by editing a line into the passwd file; this
 must be done with the password file locked e.g. by using

-.IR chpass (1)
+.Xr chpass 1

 or
 or

-.IR vipw (8).
-.PP
+.Xr vipw 8 .
+.Pp

 A new user is given a group and user id.
 A new user is given a group and user id.

-Login's and user id's should be unique across the system, and often across
+Login and user id's should be unique across the system, and often across

 a group of systems, since they are used to control file access.
 Typically, users working on similar projects will be put in the same groups.
 At the University of California, Berkeley, we have groups for system staff,
 faculty, graduate students, and special groups for large projects.
 a group of systems, since they are used to control file access.
 Typically, users working on similar projects will be put in the same groups.
 At the University of California, Berkeley, we have groups for system staff,
 faculty, graduate students, and special groups for large projects.

-.PP
-A skeletal account for a new user \*(lqernie\*(rq might look like:
-.IP
-ernie::25:30::0:0:Ernie Kovacs,508 Evans Hall,x7925,642-8202:/a/users/ernie:/bin/csh
-.PP
+.Pp
+A skeletal account for a new user
+\*(lqernie\*(rq
+might look like:
+.Bd -literal
+ernie::25:30::0:0:Ernie Kovacs,508 Evans Hall,x7925,
+       642-8202:/a/users/ernie:/bin/csh
+.Ed
+.Pp

 For a description of each of these fields, see
 For a description of each of these fields, see

-.IR passwd (5).
-.PP
+.Xr passwd 5 .
+.Pp

 It is useful to give new users some help in getting started, supplying
 them with a few skeletal files such as
 It is useful to give new users some help in getting started, supplying
 them with a few skeletal files such as

-.I \&.profile
-if they use \*(lq/bin/sh\*(rq, or
-.I \&.cshrc
+.Pa \&.profile
+if they use
+.Pa /bin/sh ,
+or
+.Pa \&.cshrc

 and
 and

-.I \&.login
-if they use \*(lq/bin/csh\*(rq.
+.Pa \&.login
+if they use
+.Pa /bin/csh .

 The directory
 The directory

-\*(lq/usr/share/skel\*(rq contains skeletal definitions of such files.
+.Pa /usr/share/skel
+contains skeletal definitions of such files.

 New users should be given copies of these files which, for instance,
 use
 New users should be given copies of these files which, for instance,
 use

-.IR tset (1)
+.Xr tset 1

 automatically at each login.
 automatically at each login.

-.SH FILES
-.ta 2i
-/etc/master.passwd     user database
-.br
-/usr/share/skel        skeletal login directory
-.SH SEE ALSO
-chpass(1), finger(1), passwd(1), aliases(5), passwd(5), mkpasswd(8), vipw(8)
-.SH BUGS
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/master.passwdxx -compact
+.It Pa /etc/master.passwd
+user database
+.It Pa /usr/share/skel
+skeletal login directory
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr chpass 1 ,
+.Xr finger 1 ,
+.Xr passwd 1 ,
+.Xr aliases 5 ,
+.Xr passwd 5 ,
+.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 ,
+.Xr vipw 8
+.Sh BUGS

 User information should (and eventually will) be stored elsewhere.
 User information should (and eventually will) be stored elsewhere.

+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.Bx 3.0 .