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62 lines
3.0 KiB
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.\"$Id: newusers.8,v 1.11 2003/05/01 18:17:39 kloczek Exp $
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.\" Copyright 1991 - 1994, Julianne Frances Haugh
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY JULIE HAUGH AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.TH NEWUSERS 8
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.SH NAME
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\fBnewusers\fR - update and create new users in batch
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBnewusers\fR [\fInew_users\fR]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBnewusers\fR reads a file of user name and cleartext password pairs and
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uses this information to update a group of existing users or to create new
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users. Each line is in the same format as the standard password file (see
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\fBpasswd\fR(5)) with the following exceptions.
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.IP "\fIpw_passwd\fR" 10
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This field will be encrypted and used as the new value of the encrypted
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password.
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.IP "\fIpw_age\fR"
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This field will be ignored for shadow passwords if the user already exists.
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.IP "\fIpw_gid\fR"
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This field may be the name of an existing group, in which case the named
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user will be added as a member. If a non-existent numerical group is given,
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a new group will be created having this number.
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.IP "\fIpw_dir\fR"
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This field will be checked for existence as a directory and a new directory
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with the same name will be created if it does not already exist. The
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ownership of the directory will be set to be that of the user being created
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or updated.
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.PP
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This command is intended to be used in a large system environment where many
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accounts are updated at a single time.
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.SH CAVEATS
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The input file must be protected since it contains unencrypted passwords.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR passwd (1),
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.BR useradd (8)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com)
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