.\" Copyright (c) 1985 Regents of the University of California.
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.\" @(#)mkpasswd.8 6.3 (Berkeley) %G%
mkpasswd \- generate hashed password table
is used to generated the hashed password database used by the
option is supplied, each entry will be listed as it is added.
is usually /etc/ptmp (invoked by vipw(8)), and in any case
must be in the format of /etc/passwd (see passwd(5)).
will generate database files named
will exit with a non-zero exit code if any errors are detected.
\fIpasswdfile\fR.pag - database filenames
getpwent(3), vipw(8), passwd(5)