Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 14:16:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Brezny <peter@shorthair.purplecat.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: /etc/passwd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905051413250.15334-100000@shorthair.purplecat.net>
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why when i make changes to /etc/passwd using pico, things visibly change, but changing someone's shell from nologin to bash seems to make no functional changes. i've been clued into using vipw, however, isn't there a way to edit this file functionally using any old text editor? thanks. Peter Brezny purplecat.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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