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| author | Linus Heckemann <git@sphalerite.org> | 2017-02-13 11:44:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Robin Gloster <mail@glob.in> | 2017-02-13 13:54:40 +0100 |
| commit | b4cd251c54e8a07cfcb8cb46c53083f2f6c7a573 (patch) | |
| tree | e19b389f21e76ec4babf91703a540c7ed8efa7d9 /nixos/doc/manual/configuration/user-mgmt.xml | |
| parent | b2fcf9fec58086a97a7740921369d1bc2a83f932 (diff) | |
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Manual: document users.users.<name>.hashedPassword
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/user-mgmt.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/user-mgmt.xml index 829e5b9ea842..2bd9cca5622f 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/user-mgmt.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/user-mgmt.xml @@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ to set a password, which is retained across invocations of and /etc/group will be congruent to your NixOS configuration. For instance, if you remove a user from users.extraUsers and run nixos-rebuild, the user account will cease to exist. Also, imperative commands for managing users -and groups, such as useradd, are no longer available.</para> +and groups, such as useradd, are no longer available. Passwords may still be +assigned by setting the user's <literal>hashedPassword</literal> option. A +hashed password can be generated using <command>mkpasswd -m sha-512</command> +after installing the <literal>mkpasswd</literal> package.</para> <para>A user ID (uid) is assigned automatically. You can also specify a uid manually by adding |