Or perhaps the immutible flag set on /etc/passwd by default and have vipw and adduser (un)set this automagically when used.
- Mike > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > >> (10.21.2002 @ 1514 PST): Bsd Neophyte said, in 0.8K: << > > > > --- "DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Do you have a passwd for "toor"? > > > > no... i don't... > >> end of "Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login" from Bsd N > eophyte << > > if you're going to edit your passwd file and change shells or whatnot, > use the vipw command. if you specify an invalid shell, vipw will tell > you. > > perhaps it'd be useful to have "don't edit this directly - use vipw(8)" > at the top of /etc/passwd... > > - -Adam > > > - -- > Adam Weinberger > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQE9tILMo8KM2ULHQ/0RAhKPAJ9H7At4KqTygsjZjKi01lXRRucLjACbBAGX > H53fjFExlu+UHXkKJQW2/dc= > =cvM+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message