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man: document new userdbctl features

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url="https://systemd.io/USER_RECORD">JSON User Records</ulink> and <ulink
url="https://systemd.io/GROUP_RECORD">JSON Group Records</ulink> definitions), and classic UNIX NSS/glibc
user and group records. This tool is primarily a client to the <ulink
url="https://systemd.io/USER_GROUP_API">User/Group Record Lookup API via Varlink</ulink>.</para>
url="https://systemd.io/USER_GROUP_API">User/Group Record Lookup API via Varlink</ulink>, and may also
pick up drop-in JSON user and group records from <filename>/etc/userdb/</filename>,
<filename>/run/userdb/</filename>, <filename>/run/host/userdb/</filename>,
<filename>/use/lib/userdb/</filename>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
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are included in the output (which is the default).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--with-varlink=</option><replaceable>BOOL</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Controls whether to include Varlink user/group lookups in the output, i.e. those done
via the <ulink url="https://systemd.io/USER_GROUP_API">User/Group Record Lookup API via
Varlink</ulink>. If <option>--with-varlink=no</option> is used any attempts to resolve or enumerate
users/groups provided only via Varlink are suppressed. If <option>--with-varlink=yes</option> is
specified such users/groups are included in the output (which is the default).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--with-dropin=</option><replaceable>BOOL</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Controls whether to include user/group lookups in the output that are defined using
drop-in files in <filename>/etc/userdb/</filename>, <filename>/run/userdb/</filename>,
<filename>/run/host/userdb/</filename>, <filename>/use/lib/userdb/</filename>. If
<option>--with-dropin=no</option> is used these records are suppressed. If
<option>--with-dropin=yes</option> is specified such users/groups are included in the output (which
is the default).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--synthesize=</option><replaceable>BOOL</replaceable></term>
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data, however the NSS/glibc APIs necessarily expose a more reduced set of fields
only.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>io.systemd.DropIn</constant></term>
<listitem><para>This service is (also) provided by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-userdbd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
and picks up JSON user/group records from <filename>/etc/userdb/</filename>,
<filename>/run/userdb/</filename>, <filename>/run/host/userdb/</filename>,
<filename>/use/lib/userdb/</filename>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>Note that <command>userdbctl</command> has internal support for NSS-based lookups too. This means