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In-Reply-To: <001201be8ff5$31ff0a70$9308a8c0@greg-campbell.matrikon.com> from Greg Campbell at "Apr 26, 99 08:58:08 am"
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Just editting /etc/passwd does nothing. Data is looked
up in /etc/pwd.db, passwords are found in /etc/spwd.db.

You make changes in those by editting /etc/master.passwd
and running pwd_mkdb. 

The easiest way to do that is to use vipw or chsh. It
opens your default editor to change the file and then
runs the pwd_mkdb, which populates passwd pwd.db and
spwd.db.


In a previous message, Greg Campbell said:
> Hi,
> 
> I have installed the Korn shell (/bin/ksh) in 
> my installation of FreeBSD 2.2.7.
> 
> When I execute it from the command line, it
> works perfectly - no troubles.
> 
> When I put it into the /etc/passwd file for one
> of the users (in place of csh - for example), the
> user still logs in as csh... Even though the
> directory and the file (/bin/ksh) are correct...
> 
> Any ideas what is going on here?
> 
> Thanks,
> Greg
> 
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