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Date:      Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:00:07 -0500
From:      "Efren Bravo" <efrenba@dhl.co.cu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: passwd file corrupted
Message-ID:  <WorldClient-F200510061100.AA00070010@dhl.co.cu>

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On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:31:32AM -0500, Efren Bravo wrote:
> How can I check /etc/passwd file integrity because I think it is
> corrupted. When I try to execute vipw efrenba or root it doesn't works.

>Can you explain how vipw 'doesn't work'? What does it say? Is your
>$EDITOR variable set correctly?

#vipw root  returns-> usage: vipw [-d directory]
and ...
#vipw -d /etc root  returns the same
and ...
#vipw root -d /etc  the same

#echo $EDITOR
vi





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