[PATCH] ref-manual: Update how to set a useradd password

* [PATCH] ref-manual: Update how to set a useradd password
@ 2021-10-20 17:05 Daiane Angolini
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From: Daiane Angolini @ 2021-10-20 17:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: docs; +Cc: Daiane Angolini

Partial fix for [YOCTO 14605]

Signed-off-by: Daiane Angolini <daiane.angolini@foundries.io>
---
 documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst | 16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
index ffaad9bfc..b09f83b28 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
@@ -590,19 +590,25 @@ Here is an example that uses this class in an image recipe::
        "
 
 Here is an example that adds two users named "tester-jim" and "tester-sue" and assigns
-passwords::
+passwords. First on host, create the password hash::
+
+   mkpasswd -m sha512crypt tester01
+
+The resultant hash is set to a variable and used in ``useradd`` command parameters.
+Remember to escape the character ``$``::
 
    inherit extrausers
+   PASSWD = "\$6\$kt.uxYMp9O9.Yxqd\$SBaJTucixmPm7/WjFL2CjUGMHTqtw8KPK0yxpYw.tGWWHlnOwkUwZ0Pa6vR724Te/E5./V.wua4HT/h0li8Lw/"
    EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = "\
-       useradd -P tester01 tester-jim; \
-       useradd -P tester01 tester-sue; \
+       useradd -p '${PASSWD} tester-jim; \
+       useradd -p '${PASSWD} tester-sue; \
        "
 
-Finally, here is an example that sets the root password to "1876*18"::
+Finally, here is an example that sets the root password::
 
    inherit extrausers
    EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = "\
-       usermod -P 1876*18 root; \
+       usermod -p '${PASSWD} root; \
        "
 
 .. _ref-classes-features_check:
-- 
2.30.2



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