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diff --git a/man/qmail-pw2u.9 b/man/qmail-pw2u.9 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..269d1f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/qmail-pw2u.9 @@ -0,0 +1,241 @@ +.TH s/qmail: qmail-pw2u 8 +.SH NAME +qmail-pw2u \- build address assignments from a passwd file +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B qmail-pw2u +[ +.B \-/ohHuUC +] +[ +.B \-c\fIchar +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B qmail-pw2u +reads a V7-format passwd file from standard input +and prints a +.BR qmail-users -format +assignment file. + +A V7-format passwd file is a series of lines. +Each line has the format + +.EX + user:password:uid:gid:gecos:home:shell +.EE + +where +.I user +is an account name, +.I uid +and +.I gid +are the user id and group id of that account, +and +.I home +is the account's home directory. +.IR password , +.IR gecos , +and +.I shell +are ignored by +.BR qmail-pw2u . + +If you put the output of +.B qmail-pw2u +into +.BR SQMAIL/users/assign , +and then run +.BR qmail-newu , +.B qmail-lspawn +will obey the assignments printed by +.BR qmail-pw2u . +.B WARNING: +After changing any users, uids, gids, or home directories +in your passwd file, +you must run +.B qmail-pw2u +and +.B qmail-newu +again if you want +.B qmail-lspawn +to see the changes. +.SH RULES +By default, +.B qmail-pw2u +follows the same rules as +.BR qmail-getpw . +It skips +.I user +if (1) +.I uid +is zero, +(2) +.I home +does not exist, +(3) +.I user +does not own +.IR home , +or +(4) +.I user +contains uppercase letters. +It then gives each remaining +.I user +control over the basic +.I user +address and +all addresses of the form +.IR user\fBBREAK\fIanything . +A catch-all user, +.BR alias , +controls all other addresses. + +You may change these rules by setting up files in +.BR SQMAIL/users : +.TP +.B include +Allowed users, one per line. +If +.B include +exists, and +.I user +is not listed in +.BR include , +.I user +is ignored. +.TP +.B exclude +Ignored users, one per line. +If +.B exclude +exists, and +.I user +is listed in +.BR exclude , +.I user +is ignored. +.TP +.B mailnames +Replacement names for users. +Each line has the form + +.EX + user:mailname1:mailname2:... +.EE + +The addresses +.I mailname1 +and +.I mailname1\fBBREAK\fIext +and +.I mailname2 +and so on will be delivered +to +.IR user . + +.B WARNING: +The addresses +.I user +and +.I user\fBBREAK\fIext +will not be delivered to +.I user +unless +.I user +is listed as one of the +.IR mailname s. + +A line in +.B mailnames +is silently ignored if the user does not exist. +.TP +.B subusers +Extra addresses. +Each line has the form + +.EX + sub:user:pre: +.EE + +.I sub +will be handled by +.IR home\fB/.qmail\-\fIpre , +where +.I home +is +.IR user 's +home directory; +.I sub\fBBREAK\fIext +will be handled by +.IR home\fB/.qmail\-\fIpre\fB\-\fIext . +.TP +.B append +Extra assignments, +printed at the end of +.BR qmail-pw2u 's +output. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \-o +(Default.) +Skip +.I user +if +.I home +does not exist (or is not visible to +.BR qmail-pw2u ). +Skip +.I user +if +.I home +is not owned by +.IR user . +.TP +.B \-h +Stop if +.I home +does not exist. +This is appropriate if every user is supposed to have a home directory. +Skip +.I user +if +.I home +is not owned by +.IR user . +.TP +.B \-H +Do not check the existence or ownership of +.IR home . +.TP +.B \-U +(Default.) +Skip +.I user +if there are any uppercase letters in +.IR user . +.TP +.B \-u +Allow uppercase letters in +.IR user . +.TP +.B \-c\fIchar +Use +.I char +as the user-extension delimiter +in place of +.BR BREAK . +.TP +.B \-C +Disable the user-extension mechanism. +.TP +.B \-/ +Use +.IR home\fB/.qmail\-/ ... +instead of +.IR home\fB/.qmail\- ... +.SH "SEE ALSO" +qmail-users(5), +qmail-lspawn(8), +qmail-newu(8), +qmail-getpw(8) |