Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 10:57:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Walter Hafner <hafner@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Removing a user without using the rmuser command Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904151057050.29545-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <srjk8veqkef.fsf@hprbg5.informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
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On 15 Apr 1999, Walter Hafner wrote: > 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? pwd_mkdb(8), actually. But that sounds like a great idea. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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