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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) |