on 8/3/2000 2:21 AM, Chuck Dale shot down the bitstream:
> Hi there,
>
> A quick question that I probably should have answered myself by now.
>
> Which command line tools should I use to modify the information in
> /etc/passwd? Like people's shell etc. On FreeBSD I used to use chpass or
> something similar (it's a while since I used it) which allowed safe
> editing of users' options. But when Linux didn't have that particular
> command I've just been vi-ing /etc/passwd directly.
Linux does have the 'ch' tools. 'passwd' will change the password, 'chsh'
will change the shell, etc. Also, 'linuxconf' will do a nice job of editing
users.
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