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doc/user_manual: Restructure password part in user creation

Message ID 20250618114247.3528196-1-clara.kowalsky@siemens.com
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Series doc/user_manual: Restructure password part in user creation | expand

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Clara Kowalsky June 18, 2025, 11:42 a.m. UTC 
Signed-off-by: Clara Kowalsky <clara.kowalsky@siemens.com>
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@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@  The `GROUP_<groupname>` variable contains the settings of a group named `groupna
 
 The `USERS` and `USER:<username>` variable works similar to the `GROUPS` and `GROUP:<groupname>` variable. The difference are the accepted flags of the `USER:<username>` variable. It accepts the following flags:
 
- - `password` - The crypt(3) encrypted password. To encrypt a password use for example `mkpasswd` or `openssl passwd -6`. You can find `mkpasswd` in the `whois` package of Debian.
+ - `password` - The clear-text or crypt(3) encrypted password. In case of clear-text password, the `clear-text-password` flag must be set. To encrypt a password use for example `mkpasswd` or `openssl passwd -6`. You can find `mkpasswd` in the `whois` package of Debian.
  - `expire` - A `YYYY-MM-DD` formatted date on which the user account will be disabled. (see useradd(8))
  - `inactive` - The number of days after a password expires until the account is permanently disabled. (see useradd(8))
  - `uid` - The numeric user id.