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authorsheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>1999-11-15 16:45:37 +0000
committersheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>1999-11-15 16:45:37 +0000
commitc973e062a1f6aeb029f3a0f13c59e48f0984c8f9 (patch)
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Add to pwd_mkdb a -q option to silence warnings about large IDs. Add a
suitably ominous warning in the manual page. The diff applied is not the one provided in the attributed PR. PR: 13344 Reviewed by: bde
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb/pwd_mkdb.8 b/usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb/pwd_mkdb.8
index 3223353..1e52b08 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb/pwd_mkdb.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/pwd_mkdb/pwd_mkdb.8
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
.Op Fl C
.Op Fl N
.Op Fl p
+.Op Fl q
.Op Fl d Ar directory
.Op Fl s Ar cachesize
.Op Fl u Ar username
@@ -78,6 +79,12 @@ the rebuilding of the database.
.It Fl p
Create a Version 7 style password file and install it into
.Pa /etc/passwd .
+.It Fl q
+Suppress the warnings that
+.Nm
+normally generates for large user and group IDs.
+Such IDs can cause serious problems with software
+that makes assumptions about the values of IDs.
.It Fl d Ar directory
Store databases into specified destination directory instead of
.Pa /etc .
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