From: Walter Hafner <hafner@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing a user without using the rmuser command Message-ID: <srjk8veqkef.fsf@hprbg5.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> In-Reply-To: Doug White's message of "Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:30:00 -0700 (PDT)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904141329180.15989-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> writes:
> NEVER NEVER EDIT PASSWD DIRECTLY! ALWAYS USE vipw!
>
> I wish we could abolish passwd and force everyone to use getpwent() like
> they should.
How about: setting the immutable flag on passwd per default and adding a
chflags(2) call to vipw?
-Walter
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