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lnewusers - Unix, Linux Command
NAME
lnewusers - Create new user accounts
SYNOPSIS
lnewusers [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
Creates new user accounts using data read from standard input.
The input data consits of lines,
each line has 7 colon-separated fields:
Tag | Description |
User Name
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Plaintext Password
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User ID
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lnewusers refuses to create users with user ID 0 (the root user ID).
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Group
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If this field is a valid group ID,
it is interpreted as a group ID,
otherwise as a group name.
If the field is empty,
a group name equal to user name is used.
If the specified group does not exist,
it is automatically created.
If the group is specified with a group ID,
the created group has group name equal to the user name.
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SM]GECOS
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The SM]GECOS field is traditionally used to store users real name
and other information.
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Home
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If this field is empty,
a default specified by
libuser configuration,
or /home/username if
libuser configuration does not specify a default,
is used.
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Login
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If this field is empty,
a default specified by
libuser configuration is used.
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Errors in user specifications are reported and processing continues
on the next line.
OPTIONS
Tag | Description |
-f, --file=file
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Read account data from file instead of standard input.
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-i, --interactive
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Ask all questions when connecting to the user database,
even if default answers are set up in
libuser configuration.
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-M, --nocreatehome
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Dont create home directories.
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-n, --nocreatemail
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Dont create mail spool files.
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EXIT STATUS
The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on fatal error.
Errors in user specifications are not reflected in the exit status.
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