Manual page for MKPASSWD(8)
mkpasswd - generate hashed password table
SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/mkpasswd
[
-v
]
passwdfile
DESCRIPTION
Mkpasswd
is used to generated the hashed password database used by the
library routines
getpwnam()
and
getpwuid().
If the
-v
option is supplied, each entry will be listed as it is added.
The file
passwdfile
is usually /etc/ptmp, and in any case
must be in the format of /etc/passwd (see passwd(5)).
Mkpasswd
will generate database files named
passwdfile.pag
and
passwdfile.dir.
Mkpasswd
will exit with a non-zero exit code if any errors are detected.
FILES
passwdfile.pag - database filenames
passwdfile.dir
SEE ALSO
getpwent(3), passwd(5)
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Last modified 11/5/97
