Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 11:47:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Doug Jolley <doug@bigwheel.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: modify user Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970807114709.252X-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199708062249.PAA13211@bigwheel.net>
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On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Doug Jolley wrote: > OK, I know about adduser. What am I supposed to use to modify > the /etc/passwd file record of an existing user? Thanks for > any input. Use the 'vipw' command. You're actually editing something else since /etc/passwd is a generated file from the actual shadow password database. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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