edusers(1)

NAME

   edusers - edit users list created by package

SYNOPSIS

   edusers [system [version]]

DESCRIPTION

   This command lets you safely edit the users list created by the package
   command.  It  locks  the  file  before  launching  the  editor,   hence
   protecting  against  any concurrent update by some package command that
   could arrive at the same time (by e-mail). The level of protection this
   locking  buys  you depends on the locking policy you have configured in
   your ~/.mailagent.

   If you are within a package source tree, all you need to say is

        edusers

   to edit the users file for that package. In order for  that  particular
   feature  to work properly, the package must have been placed under dist
   control, or at least the packinit command from the  dist  package  must
   have been run.

   Otherwise,  you  may  specify  a  system name, and optionally a version
   number if that is not enough to disambiguate. Using '-'  will  get  you
   the lattest version available.

   In any case, there must be a proper setting of the distribs file to use
   this command. If that file is not accurate, the  package  command  will
   not be able to produce a users file anyway.

ENVIRONMENT

   The  editor  is  taken out of the EDITOR variable if defined, then from
   the VISUAL variable, defaulting to /usr/ae if none of the variables  is
   set.

FILES

   ~/.mailagent        configuration file for mailagent.
   Spool/distribs      distribution  list,  same  file as the one used for
                       mailpatch.
   System/.package     file created by dist's packinit command to indicate
                       the root of the source tree for that package.
   System/users        list of users of that system.
   Log/agentlog        mailagent's log file.

AUTHOR

   Raphael Manfredi <[email protected]>

SEE ALSO

   mailagent(1), metaconfig(1), package(1), packinit(1).

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