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Manual Reference Pages - install-user (1)

### NAME

> install-user - Reads or sets a Palm User and UserID on a Palm Device.

### CONTENTS

> Section
> Synopsis
> Description
> Options
> Usage
> Author
> Copyright

### SECTION

> pilot-link: Userland Conduits

### SYNOPSIS

> install-user [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-q|--quiet] [-?|--help] [--usage] [-u|--user username] [-i|--id userid] [-l|--list]

### DESCRIPTION

> install-user allows the user to read or change the User and UserID information on the Palm handheld.

### OPTIONS

#### INSTALL-USER OPTIONS

> -u, --user username

> > Set the username, use quotes for spaces in the username, as in "John Q. Public".

> -i, --id userid

> > Set the 5-digit numeric UserID on the device (used for many Palm application registration methods).

> -l, --list

> > List the current username and ID (default)

#### CONDUIT OPTIONS

> -p, --port <port>

> > Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this is not specified, install-user will look for the $PILOTPORT environment variable. If neither are found or supplied, install-user will print the usage information.

> -q, --quiet

> > Suppress ’Hit HotSync button’ message

> -v, --version

> > Display version of install-user and exit without connecting.

#### HELP OPTIONS

> -h, --help

> > Display the help synopsis for install-user and exit without connecting.

> --usage

> > Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.

### USAGE

> The program will connect to a target Palm handheld, and read or set the Palm UserName specified or display the Palm username and UserID if none is specified.

### AUTHOR

> install-user was originally written by D. Jeff Dionne jeff@RyeHam.ee.ryerson.ca.

> This manual page was written by Neil Williams linux@codehelp.co.uk

### REPORTING BUGS

> Report bugs at: http://bugs.pilot-link.org

### COPYRIGHT

> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

> This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

> You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

### SEE ALSO

> install-netsync (1), dlpsh (1), pilot-link(7).

pilot-link 0.12.0-pre4 | install-user (1) | Copyright 1996-2005 FSF

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