[techtalk] Solaris DBM files - .pag and .dir extensions?

[katherine at nym.alias.net]

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>I have been using the dbmmanage script that comes with Apache to
>manage my DBM files.  In FreeBSD i can create a DBM file called
>"axess" by adding the user "jellhead" (or any username) using this
>command:
>dbmmanage axess adduser jellhead
>
>In Solaris instead of creating one file called "axess", this command
>creates two files:
>axess.pag
>axess.dir
>
>Does anyone have an experience with this?

Hello Christian.

Try this link:
http://www.temple.edu/unix/support/guide/access_apache.html#dbmmanage

A quick snippet:

>You should now have two files in your directory. dbmmanage creates
>two files with a prefix of .userfile (or whatever you called your
>password file), one with an extension .dir and the other with an
>extension .pag. This is just the way dbmmanage encrypts your
>information, but you will never need to refer to your newly created
>.userfile with a file extension of .dir or .pag.

Don't use Solaris so I don't know if it completely answers your
question, but hopefully will give you a place to start.  The main
gist seems to be "don't sweat it" though I'm sure you'll want a
better answer than that.

Katt

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