Adduser,
Login.conf,
Login,
Makefile.yp,
Netid,
Getpwent,
Chpass,
Yp,
Pwd_mkdb,
Vipw,
Crypt,
Netgroup,
Passwd PASSWD(5) - File Formats Manual # PASSWD(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # passwd, master.passwd - format of the password file
DESCRIPTION # The master.passwd file, readable only by root, consists of newline-separated records, one per user, containing ten colon separated fields. These fields are as follows:
name
User’s login name.
password
User’s encrypted password.
uid
User’s login user ID.
gid
User’s login group ID.
class
User’s general classification (see login.
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PWD_MKDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual # PWD_MKDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # pwd_mkdb - generate the password databases
SYNOPSIS # pwd_mkdb [-c] [-p | -s] [-d directory] [-u username] file
DESCRIPTION # pwd_mkdb creates a pair of Berkeley databases from file and installs them into /etc/spwd.db and /etc/pwd.db. The file argument is renamed to /etc/master.passwd.
The options are as follows:
-c
Check whether file is in the correct format.
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