Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 15:35:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Alec Kloss <alec@d2si.com> To: maillist@home.comhelp.com (Mail Lists) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <199707072035.PAA16373@d2si.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970707130137.11314A@home> from Mail Lists at "Jul 7, 97 01:03:22 pm"
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> Hi....whenever I update the password file my changes don't seem to take
> effect even after a reboot...I've tried changing shells and comments and
> they look right in the file, but don't work when logging in or using
> finger...is there something else I need to do to update the system?
> thanks...Adam
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It sounds like you are using
vi /etc/passwd
which will not work as FreeBSD uses a shadowed password file. Use
vipw instead. If you don't like the editor you get, set the EDITOR
environment variable to your favorite.
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