Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 13:00:57 -0800 (PST) From: opentrax@email.com To: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Does this sound good? (Fwd: Re: passwd file update functions) Message-ID: <200011212101.NAA00440@spammie.svbug.com>
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Would such an idea be good for FreeBSD?
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From: Jaromír Dolecek <dolecek@ics.muni.cz>
Subject: Re: passwd file update functions
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:36:00 +0100 (CET)
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.de>
Cc: tech-userlevel@netbsd.org
Matthias Scheler wrote:
> the passwd file update functions in "libutil" don't support using a
> directory other than "/etc" for the password database. I would like
> to add a new function "pw_prefix(3)" which can be used to set the
> prefix. This function could e.g. be used to enhance "vipw" and
> "rpc.yppasswdd" to work with directories != "/etc".
>
> Opinions?
Sounds good.
Jaromir
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