userdb â manipulate @userdb@
userdb {addr} set {field=value...}
userdb {addr} unset {field...}
userdb {addr} del
userdb {path/addr} [ set | unset | del ] ...
userdb -f {file} {adr} [ set | unset | del ] ...
userdb -show {path}
userdb -show {path} {addr}
userdb -show -f {file}
userdb -show -f {file} {addr}
+-->
userdb â manipulate @userdb@
userdb {addr} set {field=value...}
userdb {addr} unset {field...}
userdb {addr} del
userdb {path/addr} [ set | unset | del ] ...
userdb -f {file} {adr} [ set | unset | del ] ...
userdb -show {path}
userdb -show {path} {addr}
userdb -show -f {file}
userdb -show -f {file} {addr}
userdb is a convenient script to individually manipulate
entries in @userdb@. See
makeuserdb(8)
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@ whatever form makes the most sense to you.
permissions. That's because its contents may include system passwords (depending upon the application which uses this virtual user account database).
-Each line in @userdb@ takes following form:
-
-
+Each line in@userdb@takes following form:addr<TAB>field=value|field=value... -+
addr specifies a unique virtual address. It
is followed by a single
tab character, then a list of
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@ command. If userdb is being
executed by a script, the value can be provided on standard input.
Use "unset" to delete fields from an existing
record. Use
"del" to delete all fields in the existing record,
-plus the record itself.
@userdb@+plus the record itself.
@userdb@
If the first argument to userdb
is -show, userdb
displays the contents of @userdb@. If
@@ -82,13 +80,13 @@ output, containing all addresses found in the file, on per line. If
addr@userdb@ for this
-addr
@userdb@.dat
The actual virtual account/address database is
@userdb@.dat.
This is a binary database file. @userdb@ is the plain text
version. After running userdb, execute the
makeuserdb(8) command to rebuild
-@userdb@.dat for the changes to take effect.
addr@userdb@ is a subdirectory,
it's possible to create the same
@@ -97,10 +95,10 @@ in different files in the subdirectory.
This is an error that is not currently detected by userdb,
however the subsequent
makeuserdb(8) command
-will fail with an error message.