convauth(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       convauth(8)

NAME

       convauth - convert security authorization databases into database format

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/tcb/bin/convauth [-O] [-d dblist] [-q] [-r] [-u uid] [-v] [-H]

FLAGS

       -d dblist
	      Specifies which databases to convert.  Choose one or more of the letters d, f, p, t, or v.

		d  -  /etc/auth/system/default to /etc/auth/system/default.db

		f  -  /etc/auth/system/files to /etc/auth/system/files.db

		p  -  /tcb/files/auth/?/* to /tcb/files/auth.db and /var/tcb/files/auth.db

		t  -  /etc/auth/system/ttys to /etc/auth/system/ttys.db

		v  -  /etc/auth/system/devassign to /etc/auth/system/devassign.db

	      If no -d option is given, the default database list is as though -d pt were specified.

       -q     Suppresses non-error output.

       -r     Keeps all migrated user-profile entries in /tcb/files/auth.db rather than /var/tcb/files/auth.db.

       -u uid Specifies  the  minimum  general	user  UID.   User-profile entries with uids lower than this value (default 100) are written to the
	      /tcb/files/auth.db file, and profile entries with UIDs greater than or equal to this value are written to the /var/tcb/files/auth.db
	      file.

       -v     Gives more verbose messages.

       -O     Reverts from *.db files to old-style databases.  Not allowed for auth.db.

       -H     Prints a help messages and exits with no further processing.

DESCRIPTION

       The  convauth  utility  is  used  to  convert  existing	ASCII system authorization database files to database format for faster access and
       updates.  In the case of the ttys and user-profile data, this greatly improves the performance of login when using enhanced security.

       The convauth utility is executed by update installation scripts.

EXAMPLES

       The default conversion done to convert the user profiles and terminals information:

       # convauth

       The same conversion explicitly showing the default databases and general user UID assumptions:

       # convauth -d tp -u 100

       Conversion of only the device assignment data:

       # convauth -d v

RELATED INFORMATION

       Commands: convuser(8), edauth(8), authck(8)

       Files: authcap(4), prpasswd(4), ttys(4), default(4), devassign(4), files(4)

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