qmail-newu(8)                                       qmail-newu(8)

NAME
       qmail-newu - prepare address assignments for qmail-lspawn

SYNOPSIS
       qmail-newu

DESCRIPTION
       qmail-newu       reads       the       assignments      in
       /var/qmail/users/assign    and    writes     them     into
       /var/qmail/users/cdb  in  a binary format suited for quick
       access by qmail-lspawn.

       If there is a problem with users/assign,  qmail-newu  com-
       plains and leaves users/cdb alone.

       qmail-newu  ensures  that users/cdb is updated atomically,
       so qmail-lspawn never has to wait for qmail-newu  to  fin-
       ish.   However,  qmail-newu  makes  no  attempt to protect
       against two simultaneous updates of users/cdb.

       The binary users/cdb format is portable across machines.

SEE ALSO
       qmail-users(5), qmail-lspawn(8), qmail-pw2u(8)

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