Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 17:40:05 +1100 From: davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu (Charles Henrich), freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: setpwfile: Why was it removed? Message-ID: <Mutt.19970126174005.davidn@labs.blaze.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970125172933.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>; from J Wunsch on Jan 25, 1997 17:29:33 %2B0100 References: <199701240559.AAA06263@crh.cl.msu.edu> <Mutt.19970125172933.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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J Wunsch writes: > As Charles Henrich wrote: > > It was such a handy feature! > > If you look into the CVS history and the HISTORY section, you will > notice that it has never been a part of 4.4BSD. Yes, more's the pity. :-) I could have used this a couple of times, mainly with virtual mail accounts. Instead I had to duplicate the functionality, and write a wrapper that called the appropriate set of functions or the "virtual" equivalent. > Btw., which file would you pass to it? There are 4 files to mention, > pwd.db, spwd.db, master.passwd, and passwd. Correct behaviour when using this function should *disable* using the database versions as well as YP. Perhaps a setpwdir(3) would have been better, though. Then all but YP could be retained. Regards, David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/
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