At 3:39 pm, Sunday, June 8 2003, Robert Tillsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] mumbled:
I'm looking into setting up a samba PDC. I've got a help file that I'm working
through. It mentioned adjusting users using vipw. So I've been trying to do
that. I've found the vim documentation on my system and I've
Thanks Steve
I've got it running, though I needed to remove the $. Do you know if its a
permanent change, or do I need to do this every time I log in?
Cheers
Rob T
On Sunday 08 June 2003 16:14, Steve Kowalik wrote:
At 3:39 pm, Sunday, June 8 2003, Robert Tillsley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 5:11 pm, Sunday, June 8 2003, Robert Tillsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] mumbled:
I've got it running, though I needed to remove the $. Do you know if its a
permanent change, or do I need to do this every time I log in?
Right, I said this, I should explain:
broken:~# export VISUAL=$(which ed)
Thanks Steve
There are several terms in what you've said that I'lll have to get my head
around, but I love the challenge. I think linux is like putting together a
jigsaw where you don't have a picture to work from, but you can choose how it
looks in the end!
Cheers
Rob T
On Sunday 08 June
On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 21:58:27 +1000
Steve Kowalik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 5:11 pm, Sunday, June 8 2003, Robert Tillsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] mumbled:
I've got it running, though I needed to remove the $. Do you know if its a
permanent change, or do I need to do this every time I log in?
export VISUAL=ed
or
export VISUAL=joe
or whatever will do.
That said, vipw only adds a little locking
around your editor to make sure that not more than
one is editing it. If you're the only user I'd just
edit direct: joe /etc/passwd
This is pretty useful to know. At the moment
On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 10:15:50 +1000
Robert Tillsley [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One thing you might do if you edit /etc/passwd
directly is run pwck (password check) afterwords.
It will tell you about problems in the /etc/passwd
file. You can expect a few messages about home
Hi guys
I'm looking into setting up a samba PDC. I've got a help file that I'm working
through. It mentioned adjusting users using vipw. So I've been trying to do
that. I've found the vim documentation on my system and I've been reading
through it, taking a few notes etc. However it seems like
