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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