On November 9, 2002 11:26 pm, Stephen Hovey wrote:
> /etc/passwd is made from master.passwd for those jobbies that still
> need to look at the old style text file instead of making kernel
> calls. You can regenerate it - I always forget the damn program name
> - mk_pwdb or something like that - when I forget, I use vipw, change
> a latter in my real name in the geco, and save - that regens the
> whole thing too.
Thanks to all who responded. This was not as dire a problem as I had
thought, just an inexpensive reminder to observe better "best"
practices.
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Joe Sotham
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Christianity got over the difficulty of furious opposites
by keeping them both and keeping them furious.
- G.K. Chesterton
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