While version 4 entries are architecture-independent, we
also store old (version 3) entries in native byte order.
Also, the hash itself is created in a native byte order.
With this change, pwd_mkdb(8) can be used to cross-build
*pwd.db files for another architecture.
Tested on: i386, amd64, alpha, sparc64
you've specified a directory. It is intended to be used in building
custom releases over NFS where locking may be unreliable at best and
there is no contention that the locking is designed to arbitrate.
Other uses of this flag are discouraged. Document same in usage and
man page (including the warning about unwise).
Sponsored by: Timing Solutions
the environment. This allows big ID warnings to be suppressed for
vipw and chpass as well.
Since the environment variable test is only performed for callers
of pw_scan() that do not set pw_big_ids_warning, the test can still
be overriden. Currently, chpass and pwd_mkdb are the only users
of pw_scan() and neither of them overrides the environment variable
test.
track.
The Id line is normally at the bottom of the main comment block in the
man page, separated from the rest of the manpage by an empty comment,
like so;
.\" $Id$
.\"
If the immediately preceding comment is a @(#) format ID marker than the
the $Id$ will line up underneath it with no intervening blank lines.
Otherwise, an additional blank line is inserted.
Approved by: bde
Have pwd_mkdb lock the source file while rebuilding the database. When
called by programs such as vipw, the source file is a temporary file and
this does not conflict with the lock on /etc/master.passwd already held
by vipw. When run manually, however, master.passwd is typically specified
as the argument and the locking prevents other programs from messing with
master.passwd during the database rebuild.
Also pwd_mkdb uses a blocking exclusive lock as it may be called from
a script. The -N option was added to cause pwd_mkdb to get the lock
non-blocking and exit with an error if the attempt fails, again useful
for scripts.