Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 19:37:18 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: "matt ." <fasterdisco@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fun with passwd files Message-ID: <4388FFBE.2020803@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <a97e11c20511261445g71f4cabcmef793bca18cc098f@mail.gmail.com> References: <a97e11c20511261431h78f26461i69c51028d157e021@mail.gmail.com> <a97e11c20511261445g71f4cabcmef793bca18cc098f@mail.gmail.com>
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matt . wrote: [ ... ] > The question now is this...I see a switch for pwd_mkdb which is "-p", > meaning generate a /etc/passwd file. Going forward, when manually adding a > new user to /etc/master.passwd, am I now to issue "pwd_mkdb -p <file>" to > properly update /etc/passwd at the same time? Seems to me this is the thing > to do, however it's my first time really messing with this sort of thing... Set $EDITOR properly, and run "vipw". That program will let you edit the password file and then update the other system-specific password databases correctly. -- -Chuck
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