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From: Michael Kennett <mike@laurasia.com.au>
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Subject: Re: pwd.db
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Hi Cesar,

> Are there relation betwen /etc/passwd and /etc/pwd.db? 

There certainly is a connection. Have a look at the man page
for  'pwd_mkdb' for all the details.  There is another file,
/etc/master.passwd that contains *all* of the login information.
The /etc/passwd file is basically a cutdown /etc/master.passwd,
and /etc/pwd.db is a database version of /etc/passwd.
The database version of /etc/master.passwd is /etc/spwd.db.

Mike


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