From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 27 19:28:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 C8F7E16C74A for ; Sat, 27 May 2006 19:28:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from atom.powers@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 567A443D48 for ; Sat, 27 May 2006 19:28:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atom.powers@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id 9so505453nzo for ; Sat, 27 May 2006 12:28:34 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=a6xXVqYRitPeUPqPwosVxhyhTjR7k965DTO/JpPALX/FBWLwLisFGHK6gae72JDNk+zWULcPBKAUI90vles1e3aiHKteAwOe7dt3Oyd9HoPyBFZsc0oX3pFb6qRH1T/L4qBZ25KPdslxqDRA2RjYt1s1JU30Mbno+0FUcWGMhA4= Received: by 10.64.151.13 with SMTP id y13mr286081qbd; Sat, 27 May 2006 12:28:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.154.19 with HTTP; Sat, 27 May 2006 12:28:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 12:28:32 -0700 From: "Atom Powers" To: "Kyrre Nygard" In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20060527103258.022b7d70@broadpark.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060527103258.022b7d70@broadpark.no> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Script to organize passwd and group X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 19:28:45 -0000 On 5/27/06, Kyrre Nygard wrote: > > Hello! > > I was wondering if anybody out there share the same need as I do > to better organize /etc/passwd and /etc/group. > I've never considered this necissary. I consider the passwd, group files to be fairly "black box" lists. I almost never edit them manually, that's what the system scripts are for; like 'pw'. And once you move to a more abstract user management system, like a directory service, you really have no need to order the lists. --=20 -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers--