On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Vivek Khera wrote: > TL> and FreeBSD likes to have a redundant file called /etc/master.passwd which > TL> I added the same: > > TL> mailman:*:501:502:Mailman MLM:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin > > TL> Apparently there is a problem with this. > > If you editied the /etc/master.passwd file, you did it the wrong way. > These two flat files are just text representations of the real > password database. The one, true, way to edit the password database > is to use the vipw command. You can also add users using the pw > program.
Actually, editing the /etc/master.passwd then rebuiding the DB is an okay route to go. Issuing the command: /usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd Will build the system password db based on what's in /etc/master.passwd. If you use vipw, it simply automates this process. -CA -- Christopher R. Allen ---- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- "Education is a progressive discovery of our -- -- own ignorance." ---------------- Will Durant -- ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
