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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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@ -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, 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 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 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 <para>A user ID (uid) is assigned automatically. You can also specify
a uid manually by adding a uid manually by adding