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Subject: Re: Chroot and ~/bin, ~/etc.  Better way?
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first off if the user is chrooted...... then it will not reflect on the
main /etc/master.passwd it will up date the
/virtual/someuser/etc/master.passwd

i should have stated only to be sure and chroot to the account before
you type the command ....


James Wyatt wrote:
> 
> GACK! Do *not do this! It can overwrite your *system* password file!
> 
> You most likely want to do something like:
>         pwd_mkdb -d ~theuser/etc ~theuser/etc/passwd
>


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