From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 9 17:11:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B28E37B406 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 17:10:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from manifold.vectors.cx (manifold.vectors.cx [64.163.147.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7B5743E09 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 17:10:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: from vectors.cx (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by manifold.vectors.cx (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g688C05v084209; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 01:12:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: (from monkey@localhost) by vectors.cx (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g688C0c0084208; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 01:12:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 01:12:00 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger To: Grant Cooper Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: password file Message-ID: <20020708081200.GA83464@vectors.cx> References: <015501c2263b$8e38faa0$0200000a@mdrjrathgot32h> <006d01c225f1$dcbb3e80$d74afea9@ab.hsia.telus.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <006d01c225f1$dcbb3e80$d74afea9@ab.hsia.telus.net> X-Editor: Vim 6.1 http://www.vim.org X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5 http://www.mutt.org X-URL: http://www.vectors.cx http://www.crackula.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG no, he means setting the environment variable. if you're using the bash shell, execute the command: export EDITOR=vi then, that will be your default text editor. if you're using a cshell, the command is: setenv EDITOR vi -Adam >> (07.07.2002 @ 1307 PST): Grant Cooper said, in 1.9K: << > Is there a way to change the default editor. Vi comes up alot. I really like > using ee . > > > > Or you can use the vipw command. > > > > before use vipw be sure that you setted the $EDITOR env. var to your > editor. > > > > for example, env.var file? I did a whereis env.var and can't find it? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mauro" > To: > Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 10:54 PM > Subject: Re: password file > > > > Or you can use the vipw command. > > > > before use vipw be sure that you setted the $EDITOR env. var to your > editor. > > > > > > Mauro Dias > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "sagacious" > > To: > > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 1:44 AM > > Subject: RE: password file > > > > > > > > > > > > > You have to edit master.passwd and then remake the databases. > > > > > > > > > pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Grant Cooper > > > Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 12:42 PM > > > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > Subject: password file > > > > > > > > > I am trying to change the directory of my ftp location for Anonymous > ftp. > > I > > > went into the "master.passwd" file and changed the ftp section to > > > "ftp:*:14:5::0:0:ftp FTP:/aftp:/nonexistent" Should this not change the > > > directory of where my I ftp to? > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> end of "Re: password file" from Grant Cooper << -- "Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw." -Lilo Adam Weinberger adam@vectors.cx http://www.crackula.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message