Do we need vipw to safely edit the /etc/passwd
file ?
Yes, if you want sanity checks performed on the edit.
SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands
vipw(1B)
- edit the password file
Well, perhaps this manpage has not be touched in 14
years because if its
not broke then
Do you realize what this could mean ?
It could mean that separate filesystems could be
abolished. At least once
upon a time, way way back in the Solaris 2.5.1 days I
would regularly create
a separate / and /var and /usr and certainly a
separate /opt on any server
or workstation. These
