NAME

mkpasswd − generate hashed password table

SYNOPSIS

mkpasswd [ −p ] passwdfile

DESCRIPTION

Mkpasswd is used to generated the hashed password database used by the password library routines (see getpwent(3)).

The file passwdfile must be in password file format (see passwd(5)). Mkpasswd generates database files named “passwdfile.pag” and “passwdfile.dir” (see ndbm(3)). Data subsequently taken from the database files differ from passwdfile in one respect.  Rather than storing the encrypted password in the database, mkpasswd stores the offset of the encrypted password in passwdfile.

Mkpasswd exits zero on success, non-zero on failure. 

The −p option causes mkpasswd to create “passwdfile.orig”, a password file in the standard Version 7 format. 

SEE ALSO

chpass(1), passwd(1), getpwent(3), ndbm(3), passwd(5), vipw(8)

Sprite version 1.0  —  February 22, 1989