NEWUSERS(8)							  NEWUSERS(8)



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 encrypted 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	 cre-
		 ated 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 pass-
       words.

SEE ALSO
       passwd(1), useradd(8)

AUTHOR
       Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com)



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