2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libutil/libutil.h b/lib/libutil/libutil.h
index dea14cfffa7a..47896c167a06 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/libutil.h
+++ b/lib/libutil/libutil.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ int	pw_equal(const struct passwd *_pw1, const struct passwd *_pw2);
 void	pw_fini(void);
 int	pw_init(const char *_dir, const char *_master);
 char	*pw_make(const struct passwd *_pw);
+char	*pw_make_v7(const struct passwd *_pw);
 int	pw_mkdb(const char *_user);
 int	pw_lock(void);
 struct passwd *pw_scan(const char *_line, int _flags);
diff --git a/lib/libutil/pw_util.c b/lib/libutil/pw_util.c
index 1068eff6ea9d..5cd27b155ff4 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/pw_util.c
+++ b/lib/libutil/pw_util.c
@@ -406,7 +406,21 @@ pw_make(const struct passwd *pw)
 	    pw->pw_passwd, (uintmax_t)pw->pw_uid, (uintmax_t)pw->pw_gid,
 	    pw->pw_class, (uintmax_t)pw->pw_change, (uintmax_t)pw->pw_expire,
 	    pw->pw_gecos, pw->pw_dir, pw->pw_shell);
-	return line;
+	return (line);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Make a passwd line (in v7 format) out of a struct passwd
+ */
+char *
+pw_make_v7(const struct passwd *pw)
+{
+	char *line;
+
+	asprintf(&line, "%s:*:%ju:%ju:%s:%s:%s", pw->pw_name,
+	    (uintmax_t)pw->pw_uid, (uintmax_t)pw->pw_gid,
+	    pw->pw_gecos, pw->pw_dir, pw->pw_shell);
+	return (line);
 }
 
 /*