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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>
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Subject: Re: Removing a user without using the rmuser command
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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                               
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