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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-12-29 12:04:38 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-12-29 12:04:38 +0000
commit11bc76846f38d07f4be9f363577977d4ab765175 (patch)
tree281a647e841ecf18dad8593697476f881fd25cc4 /usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8
parentacb9e850e1416c9fd27f1dea53ed3c8ae53c916b (diff)
do batch in encrypted mode by default; ibo@val-axs.net
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8 b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8
index 748dfcfbcfb..371fa921a4c 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/adduser/adduser.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: adduser.8,v 1.5 1998/11/08 00:21:25 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: adduser.8,v 1.6 1998/12/29 12:04:37 deraadt Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>. Berlin.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
.Op Fl uid_start Ar uid_start
.Op Fl uid_end Ar uid_end
.Op Fl v | verbose
+.Op Fl unencrypted
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm adduser
is a simple program for adding new users.
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ straightforward.
.It Sy -batch username [group[,group]...] [fullname] [password]
Enter batch mode in which multiple users are specified on the command-line
in a compact format.
+By default the password is assumed to already be properly encrypted.
.It Sy -check_only
Check the passwd, group, and shells databases for consistency and problems
then exit without performing any other operation.
@@ -192,6 +194,12 @@ Causes the program to print fewer warnings, questions, and bug reports.
Use UIDs from
.Ar uid
up when automatically generating UIDs.
+.It Sy -unencrypted
+Causes the program to assume that the password given in batch mode is
+unencrypted. The password will be encrypted before it's added to the
+password file.
+Use of this option will leave username and cleartext password displayable
+for any user.
.It Sy -verbose,-v
Causes the program to print many warnings and questions.
This option is recommended for novice users.
@@ -215,7 +223,7 @@ Start
.Nm adduser
in interactive mode.
.Pp
-$ adduser -batch falken guest,staff,beer 'Prof. Falken' joshua
+$ adduser -unencrypted -batch falken guest,staff,beer 'Prof. Falken' joshua
.Pp
Create user
.Dq falken