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Previously, if given an absolute path, we would open the file, but when given a relative path, we'd attempt to search the directories. If the user wants to open a file from the search path, allowing paths is very confusing. E.g. with a path like 'sysusers/foo.conf', we'd try to open '/etc/sysusers.d/sysusers/foo.conf', '/run/sysusers.d/sysusers/foo.conf', …, and with '../foo.conf', we'd try to open '/etc/sysusers.d/../foo.conf', '/run/sysusers.d/../foo.conf', …. This just isn't useful, and in fact for a scheme like sysusers.d and tmpfiles.d where there we have a flat directory with config files, only searching for plain names can result in success. When a user specifies a relative path, it's more likely that they wanted to open some local file. OTOH, to correctly open a local file, e.g. one that they're just writing, this interface is also awkward, because something like '$PWD/file.conf' has to be used to open a file with a relative path. This patch changes the interface so that any path (i.e. an argument with "/") is used to open a file directly, and only plain basenames are used for searching. (Note that tpmfiles and sysusers are somewhat special here: their "config files" make sense without the other config and users are likely to want to test them without the other config. I was trying to do just that when writing a spec file for a package and attempting to convert the existing scripts to sysusers and tmpfiles. The same logic wouldn't apply for example to units or udev rules, because they generally can only be interpreted with the whole rest of config also available.)
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<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
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<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
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<refentry id="systemd-sysusers"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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<refentryinfo>
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<title>systemd-sysusers</title>
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<productname>systemd</productname>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>systemd-sysusers</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>systemd-sysusers</refname>
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<refname>systemd-sysusers.service</refname>
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<refpurpose>Allocate system users and groups</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>systemd-sysusers</command>
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<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
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<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>CONFIGFILE</replaceable></arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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<para><filename>systemd-sysusers.service</filename></para>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para><command>systemd-sysusers</command> creates system users and groups, based on files in the format
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described in
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysusers.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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</para>
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<para>If invoked with no arguments, directives from the configuration files found in the directories
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specified by
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysusers.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. When
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invoked with positional arguments, if option <option>--replace=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option>
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is specified, arguments specified on the command line are used instead of the configuration file
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<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>. Otherwise, just the configuration specified by the command line
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arguments is executed. If the string <literal>-</literal> is specified instead of a filename, the
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configuration is read from standard input. If the argument is a file name (without any slashes), all
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configuration directories are searched for a matching file and the file found that has the highest
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priority is executed. If the argument is a path, that file is used directly without searching the
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configuration directories for any other matching file.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Options</title>
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<para>The following options are understood:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--root=<replaceable>root</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>Takes a directory path as an argument. All
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paths will be prefixed with the given alternate
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<replaceable>root</replaceable> path, including config search
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paths. </para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v215"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--image=<replaceable>image</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>Takes a path to a disk image file or block device node. If specified all operations
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are applied to file system in the indicated disk image. This is similar to <option>--root=</option>
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but operates on file systems stored in disk images or block devices. The disk image should either
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contain just a file system or a set of file systems within a GPT partition table, following the
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<ulink url="https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/discoverable_partitions_specification">Discoverable Partitions
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Specification</ulink>. For further information on supported disk images, see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
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switch of the same name.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v247"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="image-policy-open" />
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--replace=<replaceable>PATH</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem><para>When this option is given, one or more positional arguments
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must be specified. All configuration files found in the directories listed in
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysusers.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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will be read, and the configuration given on the command line will be
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handled instead of and with the same priority as the configuration file
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<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>.</para>
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<para>This option is intended to be used when package installation scripts
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are running and files belonging to that package are not yet available on
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disk, so their contents must be given on the command line, but the admin
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configuration might already exist and should be given higher priority.
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</para>
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<example>
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<title>RPM installation script for radvd</title>
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<programlisting>echo 'u radvd - "radvd daemon"' | \
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systemd-sysusers --replace=/usr/lib/sysusers.d/radvd.conf -</programlisting>
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<para>This will create the radvd user as if
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<filename>/usr/lib/sysusers.d/radvd.conf</filename> was already on disk.
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An admin might override the configuration specified on the command line by
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placing <filename>/etc/sysusers.d/radvd.conf</filename> or even
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<filename>/etc/sysusers.d/00-overrides.conf</filename>.</para>
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<para>Note that this is the expanded form, and when used in a package, this
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would be written using a macro with "radvd" and a file containing the
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configuration line as arguments.</para>
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</example>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v238"/>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--dry-run</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Process the configuration and figure out what entries would be created, but don't
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actually write anything.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v250"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--inline</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Treat each positional argument as a separate configuration
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line instead of a file name.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v238"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="cat-config" />
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="tldr" />
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Credentials</title>
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<para><command>systemd-sysusers</command> supports the service credentials logic as implemented by
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<varname>ImportCredential=</varname>/<varname>LoadCredential=</varname>/<varname>SetCredential=</varname>
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(see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
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details). The following credentials are used when passed in:</para>
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<variablelist class='system-credentials'>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>passwd.hashed-password.<replaceable>user</replaceable></varname></term>
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<listitem><para>A UNIX hashed password string to use for the specified user, when creating an entry
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for it. This is particularly useful for the <literal>root</literal> user as it allows provisioning
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the default root password to use via a unit file drop-in or from a container manager passing in this
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credential. Note that setting this credential has no effect if the specified user account already
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exists. This credential is hence primarily useful in first boot scenarios or systems that are fully
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stateless and come up with an empty <filename>/etc/</filename> on every boot.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>passwd.plaintext-password.<replaceable>user</replaceable></varname></term>
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<listitem><para>Similar to <literal>passwd.hashed-password.<replaceable>user</replaceable></literal>
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but expect a literal, plaintext password, which is then automatically hashed before used for the user
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account. If both the hashed and the plaintext credential are specified for the same user the
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former takes precedence. It's generally recommended to specify the hashed version; however in test
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environments with weaker requirements on security it might be easier to pass passwords in plaintext
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instead.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>passwd.shell.<replaceable>user</replaceable></varname></term>
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<listitem><para>Specifies the shell binary to use for the specified account when creating it.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><varname>sysusers.extra</varname></term>
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<listitem><para>The contents of this credential may contain additional lines to operate on. The
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credential contents should follow the same format as any other <filename>sysusers.d/</filename>
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drop-in. If this credential is passed it is processed after all of the drop-in files read from the
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file system.</para>
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<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v252"/></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>Note that by default the <filename>systemd-sysusers.service</filename> unit file is set up to
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inherit the <literal>passwd.hashed-password.root</literal>,
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<literal>passwd.plaintext-password.root</literal>, <literal>passwd.shell.root</literal> and
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<literal>sysusers.extra</literal> credentials from the service manager. Thus, when invoking a container
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with an unpopulated <filename>/etc/</filename> for the first time it is possible to configure the root
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user's password to be <literal>systemd</literal> like this:</para>
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<para><programlisting># systemd-nspawn --image=… --set-credential=passwd.hashed-password.root:'$y$j9T$yAuRJu1o5HioZAGDYPU5d.$F64ni6J2y2nNQve90M/p0ZP0ECP/qqzipNyaY9fjGpC' …</programlisting></para>
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<para>Note again that the data specified in this credential is consulted only when creating an account
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for the first time, it may not be used for changing the password or shell of an account that already
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exists.</para>
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<para>Use <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mkpasswd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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for generating UNIX password hashes from the command line.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Exit status</title>
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<para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code
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otherwise.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para><simplelist type="inline">
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<member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
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<member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysusers.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
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<member><ulink url="https://systemd.io/UIDS-GIDS">Users, Groups, UIDs and GIDs on systemd systems</ulink></member>
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<member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
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<member><citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>mkpasswd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
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</simplelist></para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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