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Index: shadow-4.5/man/newusers.8.xml
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--- shadow-4.5.orig/man/newusers.8.xml
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+++ shadow-4.5/man/newusers.8.xml
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@@ -218,7 +218,15 @@
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 	  <para>
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 	    If this field does not specify an existing directory, the
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 	    specified directory is created, with ownership set to the
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-	    user being created or updated and its primary group.
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+	    user being created or updated and its primary group. Note 
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+            that newusers does not create parent directories of the new 
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+            user's home directory. The newusers command will fail to 
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+            create the home directory if the parent directories do not 
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+            exist, and will send a message to stderr informing the user 
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+            of the failure. The newusers command will not halt or return 
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+            a failure to the calling shell if it fails to create the home 
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+            directory, it will continue to process the batch of new users 
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+            specified.
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 	  </para>
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 	  <para>
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 	    If the home directory of an existing user is changed,