-b | --badnames | allow bad names |
-c | --comment COMMENT | new value of the GECOS field |
-d | --home HOME_DIR | new home directory for the user account. See also -m |
-e | --expiredate EXPIRE_DATE | set account expiration date to EXPIRE_DATE |
-f | --inactive INACTIVE | set password inactive after expiration to INACTIVE |
-g | --gid GROUP | force use GROUP as new primary group |
-G | --groups GROUPS | new list of supplementary (aka secondary?) GROUPS |
-a | --append | append the user to the supplemental GROUPS mentioned by the -G option without removing the user from other groups |
-h | --help | display this help message and exit |
-l | --login NEW_LOGIN | new value of the login name |
-L | --lock | lock the user account |
-m | --move-home | move contents of the home directory to the new location (use only with -d) |
-o | --non-unique | allow using duplicate (non-unique) UID |
-p | --password PASSWORD | use encrypted password for the new password |
-R | --root CHROOT_DIR | directory to chroot into |
-P | --prefix PREFIX_DIR | prefix directory where are located the /etc/* files |
-s | --shell SHELL | new login shell for the user account |
-u | --uid UID | new UID for the user account |
-U | --unlock | unlock the user account |
-v | --add-subuids FIRST-LAST | add range of subordinate uids |
-V | --del-subuids FIRST-LAST | remove range of subordinate uids |
-w | --add-subgids FIRST-LAST | add range of subordinate gids |
-W | --del-subgids FIRST-LAST | remove range of subordinate gids |
-Z | --selinux-user SEUSER | new SELinux user mapping for the user account |