nss_updatedb(8)

nss_updatedb8

Cache name service directories in db format

Usage

nss_updatedb nameservice [passwd⎪group]

Overview

The nss_updatedb program gathers entries from the specified nameservice and stores it into a local database in Berkeley DB format. It can store passwd and group information.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0–11
  3. 12–13

Author

nss_updatedb was written by Luke Howard <[email protected]>

This man page was written by Guido Guenther <[email protected]>.

From nss-updatedb 10-7 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.