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doc: Clarify use of the 'password' field for user accounts.

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Suggested by Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>.

* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Remove 'password'
  field in the example.
  (User Accounts): Clarify use of the 'password' field, with links to
  the libc and Guile manuals.
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@ -3301,7 +3301,6 @@ kernel, initial RAM disk, and boot loader looks like this:
%base-file-systems))
(users (list (user-account
(name "alice")
(password "")
(uid 1000) (group 100)
(comment "Bob's sister")
(home-directory "/home/alice"))))
@ -3703,7 +3702,15 @@ account. System accounts are sometimes treated specially; for instance,
graphical login managers do not list them.
@item @code{password} (default: @code{#f})
Unless @code{#f}, this is the password to be used for the account.
You would normally leave this field to @code{#f}, initialize user
passwords as @code{root} with the @command{passwd} command, and then let
users change it with @command{passwd}.
If you @emph{do} want to have a preset password for an account, then
this field must contain the encrypted password, as a string.
@xref{crypt,,, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}, for more information
on password encryption, and @ref{Encryption,,, GNU Guile Reference
Manual}, for information on Guile's @code{crypt} procedure.
@end table
@end deftp