qmail-newu(8) qmail-newu(8) NNAAMMEE qmail-newu - prepare address assignments for qmail-lspawn SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS qqmmaaiill--nneewwuu DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN qqmmaaiill--nneewwuu reads the assignments in //vvaarr//qqmmaaiill//uusseerrss//aassssiiggnn and writes them into //vvaarr//qqmmaaiill//uusseerrss//ccddbb in a binary format suited for quick access by qqmmaaiill--llssppaawwnn. If there is a problem with uusseerrss//aassssiiggnn, qqmmaaiill--nneewwuu complains and leaves uusseerrss//ccddbb alone. qqmmaaiill--nneewwuu ensures that uusseerrss//ccddbb is updated atomically, so qqmmaaiill-- llssppaawwnn never has to wait for qqmmaaiill--nneewwuu to finish. However, qqmmaaiill--nneewwuu makes no attempt to protect against two simultaneous updates of uusseerrss//ccddbb. The binary uusseerrss//ccddbb format is portable across machines. SSEEEE AALLSSOO qmail-users(5), qmail-lspawn(8), qmail-pw2u(8) qmail-newu(8)