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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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