MKPASSWD(8)MKPASSWD(8)NAMEmkpasswd - generate hashed password table
SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/mkpasswd [ -v ] passwdfile
DESCRIPTION
Mkpasswd is used to generated the hashed password database used by the
library routines getpwnam() and getpwuid(). If the -v option is
supplied, each entry will be listed as it is added. The file
passwdfile is usually /etc/ptmp, and in any case must be in the format
of /etc/passwd (see passwd(5)). Mkpasswd will generate database files
named passwdfile.pag and passwdfile.dir. Mkpasswd will exit with a
non-zero exit code if any errors are detected.
FILES
passwdfile.pag - database filenames
passwdfile.dir
SEE ALSOgetpwent(3), passwd(5)4.3 Berkeley Distribution June 3, 1986 MKPASSWD(8)