I think vipw also performs some sanity checks... (least that what it says) I think that s anice thing...I would bet an extra charicter in juts the wrong spot
could suffciantly screw a system up course..I only used vipw once...and I didn't change anything... I immediatly exited the program as soon as I realized it was vi based (as a matter of preference I hate using vi for anything) -Steve 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. > > Cheers, > > Joost > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]