Or if you want to manually edit the /etc/passwd file, you should use vipw,
not vi (or pico).
(or vigr for the groups file)
From the vipw man page;
NAME
vipw, vigr - edit the password or group files
SYNOPSIS
vipw [-V] [--version]
vigr [-V] [--version]
DESCRIPTION
Vipw edits the password file after setting the appropriate locks, and
does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked. If
the password file is already locked for editing by another user, vipw
will ask you to try again later. The default editor for vipw is vi(1).
Vigr edits the group file in the same manner as vipw.
Rgds,
Darryl
At 08:43 9/03/00, you wrote:
>On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 06:21:59PM +1100, Chuck Dale wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>
>useradd, userdel and usermod are all good (linuxconf is good too if you
>like the combine harvester method to mow your lawn).
>
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