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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.
	* 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>
* NEWS, man/useradd.8.xml: Document the -r, --system option.
* 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.
2008-05-18 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>

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* Resume properly after ^Z.
*** documentation:
- Document the -r, --system option in the useradd manpage.
- Document the -r, --system option in the useradd, groupadd, and newusers
manpages.
- Document the -c, --crypt-method and -s, --sha-rounds options in the
newusers manpage.
shadow-4.1.0 -> shadow-4.1.1 02-04-2008

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</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-r</option>, <option>--system</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Create a system group.
</para>
<para>
The numeric identifiers of new system groups are choosen in
the <option>SYS_GID_MIN</option>-<option>SYS_GID_MAX</option>
range, defined in <filename>login.defs</filename>, instead of
<option>GID_MIN</option>-<option>GID_MAX</option>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>

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</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='options'>
<title>OPTIONS</title>
<para>The options which apply to the <command>newusers</command> command are:
</para>
<variablelist remap='IP'>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-c</option>, <option>--crypt-method</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Use the specified method to encrypt the passwords.</para>
<para>
The available methods are DES, MD5, NONE, and SHA256 or SHA512
if your libc support these methods.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-r</option>, <option>--system</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Create a system account.
</para>
<para>
System users will be created with no aging information in
<filename>/etc/shadow</filename>, and their numeric
identifiers are choosen in the
<option>SYS_UID_MIN</option>-<option>SYS_UID_MAX</option>
range, defined in <filename>login.defs</filename>, instead of
<option>UID_MIN</option>-<option>UID_MAX</option> (and their
<option>GID</option> counterparts for the creation of groups).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry condition="sha_crypt">
<term><option>-s</option>, <option>--sha-rounds</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Use the specified number of rounds to encrypt the passwords.
</para>
<para>
The value 0 means that the system will choose the default
number of rounds for the crypt method (5000).
</para>
<para>
A minimal value of 1000 and a maximal value of 999,999,999
will be enforced.
</para>
<para>
You can only use this option with the SHA256 or SHA512
crypt method.
</para>
<para>
By default, the number of rounds is defined by the
SHA_CRYPT_MIN_ROUNDS and SHA_CRYPT_MAX_ROUNDS variables in
<filename>/etc/login.defs</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='caveats'>
<title>CAVEATS</title>
<para>

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</para>
<para>
System users will be created with no aging information in
<filename>/etc/shadow</filename>, and will use the
<filename>/etc/shadow</filename>, and their numeric
identifiers are choosen in the
<option>SYS_UID_MIN</option>-<option>SYS_UID_MAX</option>
range for their user's ID instead of
range, defined in <filename>login.defs</filename>, instead of
<option>UID_MIN</option>-<option>UID_MAX</option> (and their
<option>GID</option> counterparts for the creation of groups).
</para>