NAME

mkpasswd − generate hashed password table

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/mkpasswd [ −v ] passwdfile

DESCRIPTION

Mkpasswd is used to generate 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)

4.3 Berkeley Distribution  —  Revision 1.4 of 08/11/90