From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 4 13:08:10 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA05130 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:08:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from distance.net (distance.net [209.142.224.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA05123 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:08:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spam@distance.net) Received: from distance.net (zula@fl-mi-pm-port-124.lsl.com [209.69.166.124]) by distance.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA06745; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 16:07:32 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from spam@distance.net) Message-ID: <36912DE2.9EF289CC@distance.net> Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 16:08:50 -0500 From: Ryan Duda X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dannyman CC: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (pw) command hanging in -C. References: <36911151.DC9FD1DE@distance.net> <19990104143433.B16326@enteract.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am using -CURRENT, I am just stating that this command works fine in 2_2 and is not working in -CURRENT. I want to know if anyone else is having the same problem with the pw command. I am using pw to set 1 string passwords. -RPD dannyman wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 04, 1999 at 02:06:57PM -0500, Ryan Duda wrote: > > > Is there a reason why "pw usermod username -h 0" would be hanging? This > > seems to work fine in 2_2-STABLE. > > If you're running 2.2, then this question is not apropos to -current. Try > -questions next time. > > How is it hanging? You do understand that it will attempt to read a string > from stdin to set the password to, ya? If it is hanging, most likely you have > another pwd_mkdb running around somewhere, or you are running a script with > does not properly pass it the password. > > Why are you using pw to set a user password anyway? passwd does a fine job of > it, imho. ;) > > -danny > > -- > ___ http://www.dannyland.org/~dannyman/ dannyman yori aiokomete > /___\ University of Illinois: Our Honored Symbol Merits Honored Retirement > (o\ | /o) // Beetles and Amigas - I'm a sucker for outdated, unsupported > U"""""U \\/ hardware which has retained it's unique personality and grace. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message