Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 16:06:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Peter Philipp <philipp@globalserve.net> Cc: Paulo Fragoso <paulo@nlink.com.br>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Finger and getpwent Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980710160502.2887G-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980710185602.11754K-100000@geeklab.globalserve.net>
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On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Peter Philipp wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Tom wrote: > > > > Yes /etc/master.passwd is used for pwd_mkdb to build the databases so it > > > serves a purpose other than that I can't think of any. > > > > More. It is also used by chpass, pw, etc. > > These binaries exec() pwd_mkdb, so they don't count. They exec() pwd_mkdb to build the /etc/pwd.db /etc/spwd.db AFTER making the appropiate changes to /etc/master.passwd which means that they rely on /etc/master.passwd, and will not work without it. > Peter Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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