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NEWUSERS
!!!NEWUSERS
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
CAVEATS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
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!!NAME


__newusers__ - update and create new users in batch
!!SYNOPSIS


__newusers__ [[ ''new_users'' ]
!!DESCRIPTION


__newusers__ reads a file of user name and cleartext
password pairs and uses this information to update a group
of existing users or to create new users. Each line is in
the same format as the standard password file (see
passwd(5)) with the following
exceptions.


''pw_passwd''


This field will be encrypted and used as the new value of
the encrpted password.


''pw_age''


This field will be ignored for shadow passwords if the user
already exists.


''pw_gid''


This field may be the name of an existing group, in which
case the named user will be added as a member. If a
non-existent numerical group is given, a new group will be
created having this number.


''pw_dir''


This field will be checked for existence as a directory and
a new directory with the same name will be created if it
does not already exist. The ownership of the directory will
be set to be that of the user being created or
updated.


This command is intended to be used in a large system
environment where many accounts are updated at a single
time.
!!CAVEATS


The input file must be protected since it contains
unencrypted passwords.
!!SEE ALSO


passwd(1), useradd(8)
!!AUTHOR


Julianne Frances Haugh (jfh@austin.ibm.com)
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