Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 10:03:21 +0200 From: Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org> To: John Starkey <jstarkey@polaris.umuc.edu> Cc: FreeBSD <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Changing shells. Message-ID: <20000315100321.J3462@draenor.org> In-Reply-To: <38CF411E.191A5A0C@polaris.umuc.edu>; from jstarkey@polaris.umuc.edu on Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 12:52:02AM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003141833130.49644-100000@peloton.runet.edu> <38CF411E.191A5A0C@polaris.umuc.edu>
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Hey there, vipw rehashes the database when it's finished, which is what really makes the change 'official'. Excuse the terrible terminology this morning, as it's still way to early here. Take a look at pwd_mkdb(8) for more info. Cheers, Marc On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 12:52:02AM -0700, John Starkey wrote: > Thanks everyone for the help. I didn't know about vipw. Still don't > understand why it worked??? Anyone??? > > I used vi /etc/passwd and it looked like the same file and vipw looks like a > offshoot of vi. > > Oh well. > > Thanks, > > John > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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