David Kelly wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 01:29:44PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: >> On Jul 9, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Peter Boosten wrote: >>> Having read this I must admit that it's a complete mystery to me why >>> mergemaster would touch your password file at all... >> Because sometimes new versions of the OS come with new built-in user >> accounts, which need to be added to the existing passwd or groups >> databases somehow? > > Yes, exactly. Have to *merge* the changes into /etc/master.passwd rather > than brute force overwrite. >
Thanks David, that's indeed my point: FreeBSD comes packed with tools, among them are tools to create (or to delete) user accounts. Those tools can easily be scripted. Peter -- http://www.boosten.org _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
