From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 7 15:30:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA13193 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 15:30:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from light.pomona.edu (light.pomona.edu [134.173.72.79]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA13188 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 15:30:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jadeite@localhost) by light.pomona.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA03782; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 15:30:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 15:30:15 -0700 (PDT) From: jadeite To: John-David Childs cc: Mail Lists , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk if you are editing /etc/master.passwd directly (which is not recommended, it's much better to use vipw) you need to /usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd or something like that to update the database. On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, John-David Childs wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Mail Lists wrote: > > > > > 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 > > > Sounds like you're not using vipw or pwd_mkdb. > If you're just editing the /etc/{master.}passwd file with > vi/ee/pico/ed/etc., then you need to pick up a good beginning Unix/Unix > Sysadmin book ;) > > man vipw > -- > > John-David Childs (JC612) @denver.net/Internet-Coach > System Administrator Enterprise Internet Solutions > & Network Engineer 901 E 17th Ave, Denver 80218 > "I used up all my sick days... so I'm calling in dead!" > > >