Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 09:29:14 -0600 From: "Greg Campbell" <greg.campbell@matrikon.com> To: "Paul T. Root" <proot@iaces.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Korn shell issues Message-ID: <001f01be8ff9$8a8c9410$9308a8c0@greg-campbell.matrikon.com> In-Reply-To: <199904261517.KAA20811@iaces.com>
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Thanks Paul - I'll give that a shot! I am use to other flavors of UN*X that don't require the "translation"... Again - thanks for the help! Greg > 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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