* man/newusers.8.xml: PAM enabled version: describe how passwords
are updated and how newusers behave in case of error.
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2009-05-11 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
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* man/newusers.8.xml: PAM enabled version: describe how passwords
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are updated and how newusers behave in case of error.
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2009-05-10 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
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2009-05-10 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
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* NEWS, configure.in: New release will be 4.1.4.
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* NEWS, configure.in: New release will be 4.1.4.
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databases. If an error occurs (except in the final writes to the
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databases. If an error occurs (except in the final writes to the
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databases), no changes are committed to the databases.
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databases), no changes are committed to the databases.
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<para condition="pam">
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During this first pass, users are created with a locked password
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(and passwords are not changed for the users which are not created).
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A second pass is used to update the passwords using PAM. Failures
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to update a password are reported, but will not stop the other
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password updates.
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<para>
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This command is intended to be used in a large system environment
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This command is intended to be used in a large system environment
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The input file must be protected since it contains unencrypted
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The input file must be protected since it contains unencrypted
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passwords.
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passwords.
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<para condition="pam">
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PAM is not used to update the passwords.
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Only <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
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<filename>/etc/shadow</filename> are updated, and the various checks
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or options provided by PAM modules are not used.
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<refsect1 id='configuration'>
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<refsect1 id='configuration'>
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