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CRPASSWD(1M)    DOMAIN/IX Reference Manual (SYS5)    CRPASSWD(1M)



NAME
     crpasswd - create password and group files

USAGE
     /etc/crpasswd

DESCRIPTION
     The DOMAIN/IX command crpasswd creates UNIX password and
     group files from the DOMAIN network registry's person, pro-
     ject, organization (PPO) file and the site directory's
     ACCOUNT (ACCT) file.  All changes to /etc/passwd and
     /etc/group must be made using crpasswd.  The sole exception
     to this rule is the ``shell'' field of /etc/passwd, which
     cannot be derived from information in the registry and must
     be added by hand.  To prevent discrepancies between
     /etc/passwd and /etc/passwd.map, run crpasswd after modify-
     ing the shell field of /etc/passwd.

     The crpasswd command also creates the file /etc/passwd.map.
     The system calls getuid and getgid use this file to map
     DOMAIN subject identifiers to user and group IDs (and vice
     versa).

     You must invoke crpasswd each the time you update the net-
     work registry.  Otherwise, getuid and getgid will return a
     value of -1 for users not entered in /etc/passwd and
     /etc/group.  The system administrator will typically want to
     have cron run crpasswd once a day.

     DOMAIN/IX does not support the distinction between real and
     effective user and group identifications (IDs).

NOTES
     It is not necessary (nor is it advisable) to delete the
     /etc/passwd and /etc/group files before you run crpasswd, as
     crpasswd can create new entries in these files without
     affecting the existing ones.

     Cron uses setuid(3) to run as ``root,'' so that you may have
     cron run crpasswd to modify password and group files owned
     by ``root.''

RELATED INFORMATION
     getuid(2), getgid(2)
     Administering Your DOMAIN System, DOMAIN System Command
     Reference.









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