Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 03:32:04 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: dima@zwb.net (Dima Dorfman) Cc: djv@bedford.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: renaming of usernames and homedirectories Message-ID: <199805140732.DAA09753@castor.loco.net> In-Reply-To: <199805140208.WAA23438@nwalme.pair.com> from Dima Dorfman at "May 13, 98 10:08:39 pm"
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Dima Dorfman wrote > True, but it really depends on how many users are on the system. The > systems I help administer have from 100 to 1000 users. Chances are little > that this will happen. However, if a system has tens of thousands of > users, this could be very annyoing. I don't like using these tools > because when I used to use System V, they either didn't exist, or had a > much different interface. The master.passwd file format is the same as > AT7T UNIX Version 1, so I can login as root to any UNIX system, and be > familiar with the file. Using vipw, which I haven't heard of until today, > it would probably be alot different from System V, OpenBSD, Solaris, ... Suit yourself. Try it once, though. Dave -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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