On Sat, 23 Nov 1996 23:55:00 PST Bruce Perens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Base-passwd could indeed be improved to merge entries in to an existing
> password file. I think the maintainer (Philippe Troin) could use some
> script help on this - he has his hands full just allocating UIDs and
> GIDs.
Base-passwd could indeed be improved to merge entries in to an existing
password file. I think the maintainer (Philippe Troin) could use some
script help on this - he has his hands full just allocating UIDs and
GIDs. Guy Maor said he might be able to help with the script, but as
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don't want to
> mess up my exisiting password files (and I use shadow passwords), I have
> help my old versions of these files. So upgrading base-passwd hasn't
> really accomplished much for me. I have to diff the files and go in and
> make the alterations manually, it see
, I have
help my old versions of these files. So upgrading base-passwd hasn't
really accomplished much for me. I have to diff the files and go in and
make the alterations manually, it seems.
Could base-passwd be set up to handle upgrades better, maybe modifying the
files in the postinst? And wh
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