convauth(8)convauth(8)NAMEconvauth - convert security authorization databases into database for‐
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SYNOPSIS
/usr/tcb/bin/convauth [-O] [-d dblist] [-q] [-r] [-u uid] [-v] [-H]
OPTIONS
Specifies which databases to convert. Choose one or more of the let‐
ters d, f, p, t, or v.
d - /etc/auth/system/default to /etc/auth/system/default.db
f - /etc/auth/system/files to /etc/auth/system/files.db
p - /tcb/files/auth/?/* to /tcb/files/auth.db and
/var/tcb/files/auth.db
t - /etc/auth/system/ttys to /etc/auth/system/ttys.db
v - /etc/auth/system/devassign to /etc/auth/system/devassign.db
If no -d option is given, the default database list is as though
-d pt were specified. Suppresses non-error output. Keeps all
migrated user-profile entries in /tcb/files/auth.db rather than
/var/tcb/files/auth.db. Specifies the minimum general user UID.
User-profile entries with uids lower than this value (default
100) are written to the /tcb/files/auth.db file, and profile
entries with UIDs greater than or equal to this value are writ‐
ten to the /var/tcb/files/auth.db file. Gives more verbose mes‐
sages. Reverts from *.db files to old-style databases. Not
allowed for auth.db. Prints a help messages and exits with no
further processing.
DESCRIPTION
The convauth utility is used to convert existing ASCII system autho‐
rization database files to database format for faster access and
updates. In the case of the ttys and user-profile data, this greatly
improves the performance of login when using enhanced security.
The convauth utility is executed by update installation scripts.
EXAMPLES
The default conversion done to convert the user profiles and terminals
information: # convauth
The same conversion explicitly showing the default databases and gen‐
eral user UID assumptions: # convauth-d tp -u 100
Conversion of only the device assignment data: # convauth-d v
SEE ALSO
Commands: convuser(8), edauth(8), authck(8)
Files: authcap(4), prpasswd(4), ttys(4), default(4), devassign(4),
files(4)
Security
convauth(8)