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@(#)mkpasswd.8 6.1 (Berkeley) 04/27/85

C 6 mkpasswd - generate hashed password table /etc/mkpasswd [ -v ] passwdfile 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. passwdfile.pag - database filenames

passwdfile.dir

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