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34 | .TH PWD_MKDB 8 "June 29, 1991 | |
35 | .UC 7 | |
36 | .SH NAME | |
37 | pwd_mkdb \- generate the password databases | |
38 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
39 | .nf | |
40 | .ft B | |
0e7b8dd7 | 41 | pwd_mkdb [ \-p ] [ \-d directory ] file |
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42 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
43 | .I Pwd_mkdb | |
44 | creates | |
45 | .IR db (3) | |
46 | style secure and insecure databases for the specified file. | |
47 | These databases are then installed into ``/etc/spwd.db'' and | |
48 | ``/etc/pwd.db'' respectively. | |
49 | The file is installed into ``/etc/master.passwd''. | |
50 | The file must be in the correct format (see | |
51 | .IR passwd (5)). | |
52 | It is important to note that the format used in this system is | |
53 | different from the historic Version 7 style format. | |
54 | .PP | |
55 | The options are as follows: | |
56 | .TP | |
57 | \-p | |
58 | Create a Version 7 style password file and install it into ``/etc/password''. | |
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59 | .TP |
60 | \-d | |
61 | Store databases into specified destination directory instead of ``/etc''. | |
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62 | .PP |
63 | The two databases differ in that the secure version contains the user's | |
64 | encrypted password and the insecure version has an asterisk (``*'') | |
65 | .PP | |
66 | The databases are used by the C library password routines (see | |
67 | .IR getpwent (3)). | |
68 | .PP | |
69 | .I Pwd_mkdb | |
70 | exits zero on success, non-zero on failure. | |
71 | .SH FILES | |
72 | /var/db/pwd.db The insecure password database file | |
73 | .br | |
74 | /var/db/pwd.db.tmp A temporary file | |
75 | .br | |
76 | /var/db/spwd.db The secure password database file | |
77 | .br | |
78 | /var/db/spwd.db.tmp A temporary file | |
79 | .br | |
80 | /etc/master.passwd The current password file | |
81 | .br | |
82 | /etc/passwd A Version 7 format password file | |
83 | .SH BUGS | |
84 | Because of the necessity for atomic update of the password files, | |
85 | .I pwd_mkdb | |
86 | uses | |
87 | .IR rename (2) | |
88 | to install them. | |
89 | This, however, requires that the file specified on the command line live | |
90 | on the same file system as the ``/etc'' directory. | |
91 | .PP | |
92 | There are the obvious races with multiple people running | |
93 | .I pwd_mkdb | |
94 | on different password files at the same time. | |
95 | The front-ends to | |
96 | .IR pwd_mkdb , | |
97 | .IR chpass (1), | |
98 | .IR passwd (1) | |
99 | and | |
100 | .IR vipw (8), | |
101 | handle the locking necessary to avoid this problem. | |
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102 | .PP |
103 | Standard database make routines are slow especially for big passwd | |
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104 | files. Moreover, *pwd.db bases are too big and waste root space. |
105 | You can have much faster routines with small *pwd.db, | |
106 | but loose binary compatibility | |
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107 | with previous versions and with other BSD-like systems. |
108 | If you want to setup much faster routines, define | |
109 | .B PW_COMPACT | |
110 | envirnoment variable (f.e. 'setenv PW_COMPACT' in csh) and use | |
111 | .I bootstrappwd | |
112 | target into /usr/src/Makefile. | |
113 | If you will want to return this changes back, use the same target | |
114 | without defining | |
115 | .BR PW_COMPACT . | |
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116 | .SH COMPATIBILITY |
117 | Previous versions of the system had a program similar to | |
118 | .I pwd_mkdb, | |
119 | .IR mkpasswd (8), | |
120 | which built | |
121 | .I dbm (3) | |
122 | style databases for the password file but depended on the calling programs | |
123 | to install them. | |
124 | The program was renamed in order that previous users of the program | |
125 | not be surprised by the changes in functionality. | |
126 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
127 | chpass(1), passwd(1), db(3), getpwent(3), passwd(5), vipw(8) |