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On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 01:17:29PM -0600, Rob Hughes wrote:
> Done it with vi, no problems here.

Assuming you're willing to make absolutely sure your
entry isn't screwed up, and don't forget to run pw_mkdb
afterword, this should work, but it's certainly not best
practice, nor is it something I would ever advise someone
to do.

mike

> 
> On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 13:11, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 12:58:13PM -0600, Rob Hughes wrote:
> > > You'll probably also need to set your term, as that doesn't get set in
> > > SUM. Try TERM=vt100 && export TERM before running vi, but after mounting
> > > your file systems.
> > > 
> > 
> > As noted though use "vipw" to change the password file, *not* vi.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Regards
> >    Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>
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