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From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>
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Subject: Re: pwd.db?
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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.

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Ben Smithurst                                          ben@scientia.demon.co.uk

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