qmail-newuser  -  prepare  address  assignments for qmail-
       lspawn


SYNOPSIS

       qmail-newuser


DESCRIPTION

       qmail-newuser      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-newuser
       complains and leaves users/cdb alone.

       qmail-newuser ensures that  users/cdb  is  updated  atomi-
       cally, so qmail-lspawn never has to wait for qmail-newuser
       to finish.  However, qmail-newuser  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-pw2user(8)