Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 20:47:14 -0800 From: richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net> To: Christopher Leigh <clcont@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: uhm. why isn't there a vigr for freebsd? Message-ID: <3AB6E0D2.16DD67E8@pacbell.net> References: <005001c0b01e$9b3c4660$fa87a7d8@king1>
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Not an unreasonable question. However, since users change their passwords, possibly concurrently, there is a need for file locking; also, special tools to insure that the /etc/passwd file is not corrupted. Hence, vipw(1). /etc/group is not as dynamic and is not accessible via any user-oriented utilities such as passwd(1) or chsh(1) which modify /etc/passwd; hence, no special utility is needed. Were such a utility needed then a similar utility would be needed for /etc/hosts; /etc/inetd.conf; /etc/protocols; /etc/aetera. (-; -- richard Christopher Leigh wrote: > hi. uhm, i was just wondering... there's vipw, but how come there's no > vigr for freebsd? > > regards, > > christopher > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Richard A. Childers Senor UNIX Administrator fscked@pacbell.net (email) 415.664.6291 (voice/msgs) # Providing administrative expertise (not 'damage control') since 1986. # PGP fingerprint: 7EFF 164A E878 7B04 8E9F 32B6 72C2 D8A2 582C 4AFA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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