NSS_UPDATEDB(8)

💾 NSS_UPDATEDB(8) — like, the manual page for nss_updatedb, bestie 💾

okay so picture this: you're deep in System Manager's Manual territory, section 8, and there's this lil cutie called nss_updatedb who just wants to stash your name service directories in a DB. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

nss_updatedb — cache name service directories in DB format 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

nss_updatedb nameservice [passwd⎪group]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what this icon does is: the nss_updatedb program gathers entries from the nameservice you picked and stores it into a local database in Berkeley DB format. that's the whole vibe. ✨

and it can store passwd and group information — those two, specifically, that's the range bestie 💖

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

nss_updatedb was written by Luke Howard <lukeh@padl.com> 🎀

This man page was written by Guido Guenther <agx@debian.org>. 🌈

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and that's the whole page, no cap 💀 this lil gem comes to you straight out of the 3rd Berkeley Distribution, filed under NSS_UPDATEDB(8) — slay, mwah, bye bestie 💅✨