Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 16:37:38 -0500 (CDT) From: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu> To: jonc@pinnacle.co.nz Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <199707072137.QAA01153@beowulf.utmb.edu>
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> > On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Mail Lists wrote: > > > > > Hi....whenever I update the password file my changes don't seem to take > > effect even after a reboot...I've tried changing shells and comments and > > they look right in the file, but don't work when logging in or using > > finger...is there something else I need to do to update the system? > > thanks...Adam > > Use `vipw' instead of `favourite-editor /etc/passwd'. It's a > BSD-anachronism. ^^^^^^^^^^^ Taking mild exception to the word anachronism. ;-) Bud Dodson > -- > Jonathan Chen e-mail : jonc@pinnacle.co.nz > Pinnacle Software Ltd Voice : +64.9.415.4460 > Auckland, New Zealand Fax : +64.9.415.4250 > -- M. L. Dodson bdodson@scms.utmb.edu 409-772-2178 FAX: 409-772-1790
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