install-user(1)

install-user1

Reads or sets a palm user and userid on a palm device.

Usage

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

Section

pilot-link: Conduits

Overview

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.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 2.0
  2. 2.1
  3. 2.2
  4. 3.0
  5. 3.1
  6. 4.0

--help since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --id since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --list since Debian 4.0 (Etch); --port since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --quiet since Debian 4.0 (Etch); --usage since Debian 4.0 (Etch); --user since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --version since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -h since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -i since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -l since Debian 4.0 (Etch); -p since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -q since Debian 4.0 (Etch); -u since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -v since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

Author

install-user was originally written by D. Jeff Dionne <[email protected]>.

This manual page was converted to XML by Neil Williams <[email protected]>

Reporting bugs

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

From pilot-link 0.12.1-5 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.