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mkpasswd

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

Name
mkpasswd - generate hashed password table

Syntax
/etc/mkpasswd [-uv] passwdfile

Description
The command is used to generate the hashed password database used by the library routines and

If the -u option is present the hashed files will not be built unless they already exist. In any case, the hashed files will not be built
if the time of last modification of the passwdfile is less recent than that of an existing hashed files.

If the -v option is supplied, each entry will be listed as it is added.

The file passwdfile is usually and must be in the format of The command will generate database files named passwdfile.pag and passwd-
file.dir. The command will exit with a non-zero exit code if any errors are detected. Otherwise it will print the number of entries pro-
cessed and the length of the longest entry.

The presence of the hashed files is optional. They are not required for correct operation of or but will improve their performance on sys-
tems with moderate to large sized files.

Diagnostics
The data base is already up to date.
If the specified file has been modified less recently than the hashed files.

Database not created.
When used with the -u option and the database does not already exist.

Files
passwdfile.dir Database filename

passwdfile.pag Database filename

See Also
getpwent(3), passwd(5), vipw(8)

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