Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 10:09:46 -0500 (EST) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> To: John Starkey <jstarkey@polaris.umuc.edu> Cc: FreeBSD <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Changing shells. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003151008500.52379-100000@peloton.runet.edu> In-Reply-To: <38CF411E.191A5A0C@polaris.umuc.edu>
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Hi, On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, John Starkey wrote: > Thanks everyone for the help. I didn't know about vipw. Still don't > understand why it worked??? Anyone??? > I used vi /etc/passwd and it looked like the same file and vipw looks > like a offshoot of vi. Vipw is (unless you have EDITOR set to something else) vi - however vipw automatically rebuilds the password database after you exit. If you just use vi, you have to do so manually. Brett ***************************************************** Dr. Brett Taylor brett@peloton.runet.edu * Dept of Chem and Physics * Curie 39A (540) 831-6147 * Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics * Walker 234 (540) 831-5410 * ***************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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