>> > 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"? only if something goes wrong :) I forget exactly what it is, but vipw does some checking before saving the file, preventing some types of dumb mistakes. Also, if you have shadow passwords, directly editing /etc/passwd can give strange results. iirc, i actually had different passwords in single user mode and multiuser after that . . . . it took days and some help to figure out what was going on. rick -- These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
