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3.3 KiB
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82 lines
3.3 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright 1991, Julianne Frances Haugh
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. Neither the name of Julianne F. Haugh nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY JULIE HAUGH AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL JULIE HAUGH OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $Id: mkpasswd.8,v 1.4 1998/12/28 20:35:15 marekm Exp $
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.\"
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.TH MKPASSWD 1
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.SH NAME
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mkpasswd \- Update passwd and group database files
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBmkpasswd\fR [\fB-fvgps\fR] \fIfile\fR
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B mkpasswd
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reads the file in the format given by the flags and converts it to the
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corresponding database file format.
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These database files are used to improve access performance on systems
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with large numbers of users.
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The output files will be named \fIfile\fR.dir and \fIfile\fR.pag.
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.PP
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The \fB-f\fR option causes \fBmkpasswd\fR to ignore any existing output
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files and overwrite them.
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Normally \fBmkpasswd\fR complains about existing output files and quits.
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.PP
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The \fB-v\fR option causes \fBmkpasswd\fR to output information about
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each record as it is converted, with a final message at the very end.
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.PP
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The \fB-g\fR option treats the input file as though it were in
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\fI/etc/group\fR file format.
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When combined with the \fB-s\fR option, the \fI/etc/gshadow\fR file
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format is used instead.
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.PP
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The \fB-p\fR option treats the input file as though it were in
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\fI/etc/passwd\fR file format.
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This is the default.
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When combined with the \fB-s\fR option, the \fI/etc/shadow\fR file
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format is used instead.
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.SH CAVEATS
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The use of more than one database file is limited to systems which
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include the NDBM database library and therefore may not be available
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on every system.
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.SH NOTE
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Since most commands are capable of updating the database files as
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changes are made, this command need only be used when re-creating a
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deleted or corrupted database file.
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.SH FILES
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/etc/passwd \- user account information
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.br
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/etc/shadow \- shadow user information
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.br
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/etc/group \- group information
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.br
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/etc/gshadow \- shadow group information
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR passwd (5),
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.BR group (5),
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.BR shadow (5)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Julianne Frances Haugh (jfh@bga.com)
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