qmail-newu(8)        Maintenance Procedures         qmail-newu(8)



NAME
     qmail-newu - prepare address assignments for qmail-lspawn

SYNOPSIS
     qmail-newu

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

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

     qmail-newu ensures that users/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/cdb.

     The binary users/cdb format is portable across machines.

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