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Manual: document users.users.<name>.hashedPassword

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Linus Heckemann 2017-02-13 11:44:22 +00:00 committed by Robin Gloster
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nixos/doc/manual/configuration/user-mgmt.xml
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@ -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