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1 | .TH qmail-newu 8 |
| 2 | .SH NAME | |
| 3 | qmail-newu \- prepare address assignments for qmail-lspawn | |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 5 | .B qmail-newu | |
| 6 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 7 | .B qmail-newu | |
| 8 | reads the assignments in | |
| 9 | .B QMAILHOME/users/assign | |
| 10 | and writes them into | |
| 11 | .B QMAILHOME/users/cdb | |
| 12 | in a binary format suited | |
| 13 | for quick access by | |
| 14 | .BR qmail-lspawn . | |
| 15 | ||
| 16 | If there is a problem with | |
| 17 | .BR users/assign , | |
| 18 | .B qmail-newu | |
| 19 | complains and leaves | |
| 20 | .B users/cdb | |
| 21 | alone. | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | .B qmail-newu | |
| 24 | ensures that | |
| 25 | .B users/cdb | |
| 26 | is updated atomically, | |
| 27 | so | |
| 28 | .B qmail-lspawn | |
| 29 | never has to wait for | |
| 30 | .B qmail-newu | |
| 31 | to finish. | |
| 32 | However, | |
| 33 | .B qmail-newu | |
| 34 | makes no attempt to protect against two simultaneous updates of | |
| 35 | .BR users/cdb . | |
| 36 | ||
| 37 | The binary | |
| 38 | .B users/cdb | |
| 39 | format is portable across machines. | |
| 40 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 41 | qmail-users(5), | |
| 42 | qmail-lspawn(8), | |
| 43 | qmail-pw2u(8) |