Specify the correct way to modify this file, and warn that the

user should not depend on the internal variables documented in
this man page.

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.Xr adduser 8
configuration file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Pa /etc/adduser.conf
file is automatically generated by the
.Xr adduser 8
utility when invoked with the
.Fl C
command-line option.
It is not meant to be edit by hand.
.Pp
The
.Pa /etc/adduser.conf
file is used to pre-set certain configuration options for
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.It Va ugecos
The default information to be held in the GECOS field of
.Pa /etc/master.passwd .
.It Va uuid
.It Va uidstart
The default user ID setting.
This must be a number above 1000 and fewer than 65534.
.El
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.Nm
manual page first appeared in
.Fx 5.3 .
.Sh BUGS
The internal variables documented here may change without notice.
Do not rely on them.
To modify this file invoke
.Xr adduser 8
with the
.Fl C
option instead.
.Sh AUTHORS
This manual page was written by
.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org .