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37 .Nd "generate the password databases"
50 style secure and insecure databases for the specified file.
51 These databases are then installed into
56 The file is installed into
57 .Pa /etc/master.passwd .
58 The file must be in the correct format (see
60 It is important to note that the format used in this system is
61 different from the historic Version 7 style format.
63 The options are as follows:
66 Store data in big-endian format.
68 Check if the password file is in the correct format.
70 change, add, or remove any files.
72 Store data in little-endian format.
76 to exit with an error if it cannot obtain a lock on the file.
78 we block waiting for a lock on the source file.
79 The lock is held through
80 the rebuilding of the database.
82 Create a Version 7 style password file and install it into
85 Ignore locking failure of the
88 This option is intended to be used to build password files in
89 the release process over NFS where no contention can happen.
90 A non-default directory must also be specified with the
92 option for locking to be ignored.
93 Other use of this option is strongly discouraged.
95 Store databases into specified destination directory instead of
98 Only update the record for the specified user.
100 operate on a single user can use this option to avoid the
101 overhead of rebuilding the entire database.
102 .It Fl s Ar cachesize
103 Specify in megabytes the size of the memory cache used by the
105 On systems with a large user base, a small cache
106 size can lead to prohibitively long database file rebuild times.
107 As a rough guide, the memory usage of
109 in megabytes will be a little bit more than twice the figure
111 The default is 2 megabytes.
114 The two databases differ in that the secure version contains the user's
115 encrypted password and the insecure version has an asterisk (``*'')
117 The databases are used by the C library password routines (see
122 utility exits zero on success, non-zero on failure.
126 environment variable is set,
128 will suppress the warning messages that are
129 normally generated for large user and group IDs.
130 Such IDs can cause serious problems with software
131 that makes assumptions about the values of IDs.
133 .Bl -tag -width Pa -compact
135 The insecure password database file.
136 .It Pa /etc/pwd.db.tmp
139 The secure password database file.
140 .It Pa /etc/spwd.db.tmp
142 .It Pa /etc/master.passwd
143 The current password file.
145 A Version 7 format password file.
148 Previous versions of the system had a program similar to
153 style databases for the password file but depended on the calling programs
155 The program was renamed in order that previous users of the program
156 not be surprised by the changes in functionality.
165 Because of the necessity for atomic update of the password files,
170 This, however, requires that the file specified on the command line live
171 on the same file system as the
175 There are the obvious races with multiple people running
177 on different password files at the same time.
184 handle the locking necessary to avoid this problem.