Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 11:24:51 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@zwb.net>, djv@bedford.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: renaming of usernames and homedirectories Message-ID: <19980514112451.T320@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199805140110.VAA22579@nwalme.pair.com>; from Dima Dorfman on Wed, May 13, 1998 at 09:10:29PM -0400 References: <199805132200.SAA07148@castor.loco.net> <199805140110.VAA22579@nwalme.pair.com>
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On Wed, 13 May 1998 at 21:10:29 -0400, Dima Dorfman wrote: >> Heinrich Langos wrote: >> Never edit /etc/passwd or master.passwd or [linux] shadow directly. > > I have never used any of this tool, vipw. I always just edit > /etc/master.passwd and do a pwd_mkdb. This eams to work just fine. Also, > the only real reason I might use chfn is if I don't have root access. Is > there a reason why I shouldn't edit /etc/master.passwd? Not really, except that you could end up with master.passwd in an invalid state if you change it and your pwd_mkdb doesn't work, and it's somewhat more typing. Basically, this is just what vipw does, so there's no good reason not to use it. I'm usually a pretty dyed-in-the-wool user of basic utilities, but I use vipw. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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