ultrix man page for qmail-newu

qmail-newu(8)                                                 System Manager's Manual                                                qmail-newu(8)

NAME
       qmail-newu - prepare address assignments for qmail-lspawn

SYNOPSIS
       qmail-newu

DESCRIPTION
       qmail-newu reads the assignments in /var/lib/qmail/users/assign and writes them into /var/lib/qmail/users/cdb in a binary format suited for
       quick access by qmail-lspawn.

       If there is a problem with users/assign, qmail-newu complains and leaves users/cdb alone.

       qmail-newu ensures that users/cdb is updated atomically, so qmail-lspawn never has to wait for qmail-newu to finish.   However,  qmail-newu
       makes no attempt to protect against two simultaneous updates of users/cdb.

       The binary users/cdb format is portable across machines.

SEE ALSO
       qmail-users(5), qmail-lspawn(8), qmail-pw2u(8)

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