Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 16:37:38 -0500 (CDT) From: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu> To: jonc@pinnacle.co.nz Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <199707072137.QAA01153@beowulf.utmb.edu>
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> On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Mail Lists wrote:
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> > Hi....whenever I update the password file my changes don't seem to take
> > effect even after a reboot...I've tried changing shells and comments and
> > they look right in the file, but don't work when logging in or using
> > finger...is there something else I need to do to update the system?
> > thanks...Adam
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> Use `vipw' instead of `favourite-editor /etc/passwd'. It's a
> BSD-anachronism.
^^^^^^^^^^^
Taking mild exception to the word anachronism. ;-)
Bud Dodson
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