August 2000
Intermediate to advanced
816 pages
29h 45m
English
newusers
newusers file
System administration command. Create or update system users from entries in file. Each line in file has the same format as an entry in /etc/passwd, except passwords are unencrypted, and group IDs can be given as a name or number. During an update, the password age field is ignored if the user already exists in the /etc/shadow password file. If a group name or ID does not already exist, it will be created. If a home directory does not exist, it will be created.
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