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Manpages NEWUSERSSection: Maintenance Commands (8)Index Return to Main Contents NAMEnewusers - update and create new users in batchSYNOPSISnewusers [ new_users ]DESCRIPTIONnewusers 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.
This command is intended to be used in a large system environment where many accounts are updated at a single time. CAVEATSThe input file must be protected since it contains unencrypted passwords.SEE ALSOpasswd(1), useradd(8)AUTHORJulianne Frances Haugh (jfh@austin.ibm.com)
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