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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1985 Regents of the University of California. |
2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
4 | .\" | |
4dea0be1 | 5 | .\" @(#)mkpasswd.8 6.3 (Berkeley) %G% |
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6 | .\" |
7 | .TH MKPASSWD 8 "" | |
8 | .UC 6 | |
9 | .SH NAME | |
56e2d6be | 10 | mkpasswd \- generate hashed password table |
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11 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
12 | .B /etc/mkpasswd | |
13 | [ | |
14 | .B \-v | |
15 | ] | |
16 | passwdfile | |
17 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
18 | .I Mkpasswd | |
19 | is used to generated the hashed password database used by the | |
20 | library routines | |
21 | .B getpwnam() | |
22 | and | |
23 | .BR getpwuid() . | |
24 | If the | |
25 | .B \-v | |
26 | option is supplied, each entry will be listed as it is added. | |
27 | The file | |
28 | .I passwdfile | |
29 | is usually /etc/ptmp (invoked by vipw(8)), and in any case | |
30 | must be in the format of /etc/passwd (see passwd(5)). | |
31 | .I Mkpasswd | |
32 | will generate database files named | |
33 | .I passwdfile.pag | |
34 | and | |
35 | .I passwdfile.dir. | |
36 | .I Mkpasswd | |
37 | will exit with a non-zero exit code if any errors are detected. | |
38 | .SH FILES | |
39 | .ta \w'passwdfile.dir 'u | |
40 | \fIpasswdfile\fR.pag - database filenames | |
41 | .br | |
42 | \fIpasswdfile\fR.dir | |
43 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
44 | getpwent(3), vipw(8), passwd(5) |