.TH qmail-newu 8.SH NAMEqmail-newu \- prepare address assignments for qmail-lspawn.SH SYNOPSIS.B qmail-newu.SH DESCRIPTION.B qmail-newureads the assignments in.B QMAILHOME/users/assignand writes them into.B QMAILHOME/users/cdbin a binary format suitedfor quick access by.BR qmail-lspawn .If there is a problem with.BR users/assign ,.B qmail-newucomplains and leaves.B users/cdbalone..B qmail-newuensures that.B users/cdbis updated atomically,so.B qmail-lspawnnever has to wait for.B qmail-newuto finish.However,.B qmail-newumakes no attempt to protect against two simultaneous updates of.BR users/cdb .The binary.B users/cdbformat is portable across machines..SH "SEE ALSO"qmail-users(5),qmail-lspawn(8),qmail-pw2u(8)