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/usr/bin/newusers

PAM login and passwd utilities

From shadow 4.20.3-r3 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running newusers --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: newusers [options]

Options:
  -b, --badname                 allow bad names
  -h, --help                    display this help message and exit
  -r, --system                  create system accounts
  -R, --root CHROOT_DIR         directory to chroot into
Options (4)
OptionDescriptionSource
-b, --badnameallow bad nameshelp
-h, --helpdisplay this help message and exithelp
-r, --systemcreate system accountshelp
-R, --root CHROOT_DIRdirectory to chroot intohelp

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