Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 10:53:22 -0800 (PST) From: Bryan Ogawa at Work <bogawa@netvoyage.net> To: "Miguel A.L. Paraz" <map@iphil.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: safe way to remove a user Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960228105135.5155B-100000@digital.netvoyage.net> In-Reply-To: <199602260246.KAA13386@marikit.iphil.net>
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On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Miguel A.L. Paraz wrote: > Hello, > > What's the safe way of removing a user automatically, without > manual editing through vipw? How about deleting the entry from the > password files and rebuilding the database - how can it be made > safe by "locking" the password file? I believe that the lock works by flock()ing the /etc/master.passwd file. The adduser command has the code to do this somewhere or other (in perl). bryan > > thanks, > -- > miguel a.l. paraz -- map@iphil.net -- http://www.iphil.net/user/map/ > iphil communications, makati city, philippines > Bryan K. Ogawa Questions or Problems with NetVoyage? help@netvoyage.net Check out the NetVoyage HelpWeb at.. <URL: http://www.netvoyage.net/~help/>;
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