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TABLE_PASSWD(5) File Formats Manual TABLE_PASSWD(5) NAME table_passwd -- format description for smtpd passwd tables DESCRIPTION This manual page documents the file format of "passwd" tables used by the smtpd(8) mail daemon. The format described here applies to tables as defined in smtpd.conf(5). PASSWD TABLE A "passwd" table stores information regarding local users. The infor- mation is encoded using the traditional passwd(5) format and allows the sharing of a user database across different software supporting this format. The table is used by smtpd(8) when authenticating a user or when user information such as user-id or home directory is required for a deliv- ery. A "passwd" table consists of a flat file containing the user entries, each one on a line by itself, with fields separated by a colon: gilles:*:1000:1000:Gilles:/home/gilles:/sbin/nologin eric:*:1001:1001:Eric:/home/eric:/sbin/nologin chl:*:1002:1002:Charles:/home/chl:/sbin/nologin Besides the first username field and depending on the table type, fields are optional and might be empty. The gecos and the shell field are not used and ignored. If the table is used for authentication, the second field should con- tain a password encrypted using the crypt(3) function. Such passwords can be generated using the encrypt(1) utility or smtpctl(8) encrypt command. If the table is used for user information, user-id, group-id, and home directory fields are required. In favor of supporting shared authentication with the Dovecot Passwd- file format, extra fields after the last shell field are allowed (and ignored). SEE ALSO passwd(5), smtpd.conf(5), smtpctl(8), smtpd(8) HISTORY The first version of table_passwd was written in 2013. AUTHORS table_passwd was intially written by Gilles Chehade <gilles@poolp.org> and further improved by Joerg Jung <jung@openbsd.org>. FreeBSD Ports 14.quarterly February 4, 2014 TABLE_PASSWD(5)
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