From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 7 14:40:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA10430 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 14:40:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from beowulf.utmb.edu (beowulf.utmb.edu [129.109.59.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA10423 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 14:40:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bdodson@localhost) by beowulf.utmb.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA01153; Mon, 7 Jul 1997 16:37:38 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 16:37:38 -0500 (CDT) From: "M. L. Dodson" Message-Id: <199707072137.QAA01153@beowulf.utmb.edu> To: jonc@pinnacle.co.nz Subject: Re: your mail Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Mail Lists wrote: > > > > > 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 > > Use `vipw' instead of `favourite-editor /etc/passwd'. It's a > BSD-anachronism. ^^^^^^^^^^^ Taking mild exception to the word anachronism. ;-) Bud Dodson > -- > Jonathan Chen e-mail : jonc@pinnacle.co.nz > Pinnacle Software Ltd Voice : +64.9.415.4460 > Auckland, New Zealand Fax : +64.9.415.4250 > -- M. L. Dodson bdodson@scms.utmb.edu 409-772-2178 FAX: 409-772-1790