SYNOPSIS

       qmail-newu

DESCRIPTION

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

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

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

       The binary users/assign.cdb format is portable across machines.

SEE ALSO

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



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