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>Number:         5677
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       clarification of -batch arguments
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Feb  7 12:10:00 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Adrian Filipi-Martin
>Organization:
University of Virginia
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-971124-SNAP i386
>Environment:

	

>Description:

	

>How-To-Repeat:

	

>Fix:
	
	Apply this patch:

--- adduser.8.orig	Tue Oct 14 13:34:01 1997
+++ adduser.8	Sat Feb  7 15:01:37 1998
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@
 .Sh OPTIONS
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Sy -batch username [group[,group]...] [class] [fullname] [password]
-Batch mode.
+Batch mode.  The listed groups are secondary groups that the new
+user should be a member of in addition to the default login group.
+Null string arguments may be used as place holders, and result in
+the default value for the nulled field being used.
 .It Sy -check_only
 Check /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/shells and exit.
 .It Sy -class Ar login_class

>Audit-Trail:
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