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Date:      Mon, 12 Oct 1998 20:35:20 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: pwd.db?
Message-ID:  <19981012203520.B29346@scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981012174517.3127A-100000@finland.ispro.net.tr>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981012174517.3127A-100000@finland.ispro.net.tr>

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Evren Yurtesen wrote:

> why does freebsd need pwd.db file?  also spwd.db file?

I think it's because those databases are faster than the raw passwd and
master.passwd text files.

> is there any way to get the original passwd file
> from pwd.db file? 

Don't know about that. There probably is, but I don't know how.

-- 
Ben Smithurst                                          ben@scientia.demon.co.uk

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