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| author | John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> | 2012-06-01 18:58:45 -0700 |
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| committer | John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> | 2012-06-01 18:58:45 -0700 |
| commit | b732a73bc773789894466b0e5320b2f1fe42c7e9 (patch) | |
| tree | 385358983f064a1f10a5080b33a3ba13010886db /qmail-newu.9 | |
| parent | 634d365a03cb0581a062cd3cf4db9ae69f1cde26 (diff) | |
original, as downloaded from http://www.qmail.org/netqmail-1.06.tar.gz
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diff --git a/qmail-newu.9 b/qmail-newu.9 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..12f1b3f --- /dev/null +++ b/qmail-newu.9 @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +.TH qmail-newu 8 +.SH NAME +qmail-newu \- prepare address assignments for qmail-lspawn +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B qmail-newu +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B qmail-newu +reads the assignments in +.B QMAILHOME/users/assign +and writes them into +.B QMAILHOME/users/cdb +in a binary format suited +for quick access by +.BR qmail-lspawn . + +If there is a problem with +.BR users/assign , +.B qmail-newu +complains and leaves +.B users/cdb +alone. + +.B qmail-newu +ensures that +.B users/cdb +is updated atomically, +so +.B qmail-lspawn +never has to wait for +.B qmail-newu +to finish. +However, +.B qmail-newu +makes no attempt to protect against two simultaneous updates of +.BR users/cdb . + +The binary +.B users/cdb +format is portable across machines. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +qmail-users(5), +qmail-lspawn(8), +qmail-pw2u(8) |