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Date:      Fri, 07 Oct 2005 02:05:29 +1000
From:      Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net>
To:        Efren Bravo <efrenba@dhl.co.cu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: passwd file corrupted
Message-ID:  <43454B49.3000703@meijome.net>
In-Reply-To: <WorldClient-F200510061100.AA00070010@dhl.co.cu>
References:  <WorldClient-F200510061100.AA00070010@dhl.co.cu>

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Efren Bravo wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:31:32AM -0500, Efren Bravo wrote:
> 
>>How can I check /etc/passwd file integrity because I think it is
>>corrupted. When I try to execute vipw efrenba or root it doesn't works.
> 
> 
>>Can you explain how vipw 'doesn't work'? What does it say? Is your
>>$EDITOR variable set correctly?
> 
> 
> #vipw root  returns-> usage: vipw [-d directory]
> and ...
> #vipw -d /etc root  returns the same
> and ...
> #vipw root -d /etc  the same
> 
> #echo $EDITOR
> vi

how about just 'vipw' ?



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