makeusers
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: Wed Jul 18, 1990
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NAME
makeusers - Add users to the GNU Finger database file by reading /etc/passwd.
SYNOPSIS
makeusers
DESCRIPTION
Makeusers
updates the GNU Finger database file (usually in
/usr/local/etc/fingerdir/userinfo) by adding those users found in the
/etc/passwd file that are not already present in the database.
FILES
/usr/local/etc/fingerdir/userinfo: DBM database of users.
/etc/passwd: System password file.
/usr/local/etc/fingerdir/userformat: Format of the DBM database information.
SEE ALSO
edituser(1), birthdays(1), mkpasswd(1), passwd(5)
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