* NEWS, man/groupadd.8.xml: Document the -r, --system option.
* NEWS, man/newusers.8.xml: Document the -r, --system option. * NEWS, man/newusers.8.xml: Document the -c, --crypt-method and -s, --sha-rounds options.
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2008-05-19 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
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2008-05-19 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
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* NEWS, man/useradd.8.xml: Document the -r, --system option.
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* NEWS, man/useradd.8.xml: Document the -r, --system option.
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* NEWS, man/groupadd.8.xml: Document the -r, --system option.
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* NEWS, man/newusers.8.xml: Document the -r, --system option.
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* NEWS, man/newusers.8.xml: Document the -c, --crypt-method and
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-s, --sha-rounds options.
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2008-05-18 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
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2008-05-18 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
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5
NEWS
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* Resume properly after ^Z.
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* Resume properly after ^Z.
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*** documentation:
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*** documentation:
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- Document the -r, --system option in the useradd manpage.
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- Document the -r, --system option in the useradd, groupadd, and newusers
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manpages.
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- Document the -c, --crypt-method and -s, --sha-rounds options in the
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newusers manpage.
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shadow-4.1.0 -> shadow-4.1.1 02-04-2008
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shadow-4.1.0 -> shadow-4.1.1 02-04-2008
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</para>
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</para>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<option>-r</option>, <option>--system</option>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Create a system group.
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</para>
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<para>
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The numeric identifiers of new system groups are choosen in
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the <option>SYS_GID_MIN</option>-<option>SYS_GID_MAX</option>
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range, defined in <filename>login.defs</filename>, instead of
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<option>GID_MIN</option>-<option>GID_MAX</option>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id='options'>
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<title>OPTIONS</title>
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<para>The options which apply to the <command>newusers</command> command are:
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<variablelist remap='IP'>
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<term><option>-c</option>, <option>--crypt-method</option></term>
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<para>Use the specified method to encrypt the passwords.</para>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<option>-r</option>, <option>--system</option>
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Create a system account.
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<filename>/etc/shadow</filename>, and their numeric
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<option>SYS_UID_MIN</option>-<option>SYS_UID_MAX</option>
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range, defined in <filename>login.defs</filename>, instead of
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<option>UID_MIN</option>-<option>UID_MAX</option> (and their
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<varlistentry condition="sha_crypt">
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<term><option>-s</option>, <option>--sha-rounds</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Use the specified number of rounds to encrypt the passwords.
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<para>
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crypt method.
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<filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>.
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<refsect1 id='caveats'>
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<title>CAVEATS</title>
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<title>CAVEATS</title>
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<para>
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System users will be created with no aging information in
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System users will be created with no aging information in
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<filename>/etc/shadow</filename>, and will use the
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<filename>/etc/shadow</filename>, and their numeric
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identifiers are choosen in the
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<option>SYS_UID_MIN</option>-<option>SYS_UID_MAX</option>
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<option>SYS_UID_MIN</option>-<option>SYS_UID_MAX</option>
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range for their user's ID instead of
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range, defined in <filename>login.defs</filename>, instead of
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<option>UID_MIN</option>-<option>UID_MAX</option> (and their
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<option>UID_MIN</option>-<option>UID_MAX</option> (and their
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