From bf44b7b3bc65aa0efc3dfb34717b7e58c8920983 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yaroslav Tykhiy <ytykhiy@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 19:01:53 +0000
Subject: Document a new option: -force.

---
 adduser/adduser.8 | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

(limited to 'adduser/adduser.8')

diff --git a/adduser/adduser.8 b/adduser/adduser.8
index db09a91..73ab660 100644
--- a/adduser/adduser.8
+++ b/adduser/adduser.8
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 .Op Fl class Ar login_class
 .Op Fl config_create
 .Op Fl dotdir Ar dotdir
+.Op Fl f | force
 .Op Fl group Ar login_group
 .Op Fl h | help
 .Op Fl home Ar home
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ directory, dotfiles and sends the new user a welcome message.
 .It Sy username
 Login name.
 May contain only lowercase characters or digits.
+(See also the
+.Fl force
+option.)
 Maximum length
 is 16 characters (see
 .Xr setlogin 2
@@ -154,6 +158,10 @@ to read/execute/write
 .Pa prv ,
 .Pa iscreen ,
 .Pa term .
+.It Fl force , f
+Add a user even if the username contains illegal characters.
+Only semicolon or newline characters will be disallowed in
+usernames to avoid breaking the password file format.
 .It Fl group Ar login_group
 Login group.
 .Ar USER
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