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1.1     ! root        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: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)mkpasswd.8  6.3 (Berkeley) 6/3/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH MKPASSWD 8 "June 3, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 6
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: mkpasswd \- generate hashed password table
        !            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)

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