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Date:      Sat, 28 Aug 2004 01:14:07 +0530
From:      Shantanu <freebsd@dhumketu.cjb.net>
To:        Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: File Manager
Message-ID:  <20040827194407.GA743@dhumketu.homeunix.net>
In-Reply-To: <44oel18sdu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
References:  <44oel18sdu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>

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+++ Lowell Gilbert [freebsd] [23-08-04 17:19 -0400]:
| Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> writes:
| 
| > I've always thought it was a bad idea to edit the passwd and groups
| > file directly, because the dbs don't get built that way.
| 
| There is no database for the groups file, so people worry less about it.

and for /etc/passwd use 'vipw' :)

Shantanu



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