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Suggest use of "usermod" rather than manually editing critical files in /etc

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Summary: Fixes T12529.

Test Plan: O_O

Reviewers: chad

Reviewed By: chad

Maniphest Tasks: T12529

Differential Revision: https://secure.phabricator.com/D17648
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@ -175,15 +175,32 @@ If you're planning to use SSH, you should also edit `/etc/passwd` and
account.
The second field (which is the password field) must not be set to `!!`. This
value will prevent login. If it is set to `!!`, edit it and set it to `NP` ("no
password") instead.
value will prevent login.
If you have `usermod` on your system, you can adjust this value with:
```
$ sudo usermod -p NP vcs-user
```
If you do not have `usermod`, carefully edit the file and set the field value
to `NP` ("no password") instead of `!!`.
**`/etc/passwd`**: Open `/etc/passwd` and find the line for the `vcs-user`
account.
The last field (which is the login shell) must be set to a real shell. If it is
set to something like `/bin/false`, then `sshd` will not be able to execute
commands. Instead, you should set it to a real shell, like `/bin/sh`.
commands.
If you have `usermod` on your system, you can adjust this value with:
```
$ sudo usermod -s /bin/sh vcs-user
```
If you do not have `usermod`, carefully edit the file and change the field
to point at a real shell, usually `/bin/sh`.
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