Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 13:26:28 +0200 From: Jonathan McKeown <jonathan@scatterlings.org> To: MJ <mafsys1234@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: master.passwd out of sync Message-ID: <CAOLAi321v9UOf=rnYRmexLJ8UYArf-4G0rMtoXNT2wq52Uqvew@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <152896fe-e1fa-6c4d-b1e4-97d13ea13539@gmail.com> References: <20190903085614.GD3644@io.chezmoi.fr> <152896fe-e1fa-6c4d-b1e4-97d13ea13539@gmail.com>
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On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 at 12:01, MJ <mafsys1234@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Albert, > > On 3/09/2019 6:56 pm, Albert Shih wrote: > > Hi everyone, [snip] > > [=E2=80=A6] I try to create a account with pw and sometime I got the > > message > > > > pw: user '*******' disappeared during update .[snip] > If I'm understanding you correctly, you want to know what rebuilds the ma= ster.passwd under "normal" circumstances? > > That would be vipw(8). - No, it really wouldn't. The OP specified that he's using pw(8) which also manages the password databases (or should, hence the question). vipw(8) is a different tool altogether., and of the two I'd always recommend pw(8). Jonathan
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