At 04:57 -0500 on 5/8/98, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Fri, 8 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > On Fri, May 08, 1998 at 08:03:51AM +0100, Joop Stakenborg wrote: > > > Matthew D. Myers wrote: > > > > How do you change a users group assignments without manually >editing the > > > > passwd and group and also shadowed files. > > > use vipw for editting your password file and vigr for the group file. > > > > Which is just the same as manually editing them. Is there a good > > reason to use vipw, instead of just "vi /etc/passwd"? > > AFAIK vipw is supposed to lock the password file or at least perform the > edits on a scratch copy of the original file and merge in the changes with > the real /etc/passwd (which may have changed while you were editing) when > you're ready.
Did I miss something? The command "usermod -g groupname userid" is what I use to change the group assignment for a user. I don't worry about the groups file because it is static so I use vi on it. Butch Butch Kemper | Free sound advice available Kemper & Associates Consulting Group | "95% sound and 5% advice" 830-693-6967 | Refunds cheerfully provided -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
