NAME

mkpasswd − generate hashed password table

SYNOPSIS

/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 (invoked by vipw(8)), 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 ALSO

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

NEWS-OSRelease 3.3