Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 18:38:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Philipp <philipp@globalserve.net> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: Paulo Fragoso <paulo@nlink.com.br>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Finger and getpwent Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980710182528.11754G-100000@geeklab.globalserve.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980710122412.2887A-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
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Tom I think you should look deeper into the getpw* functions when you say /etc/passwd isn't used for anything and /etc/master.passwd is. I'm dissapointed you did not mention /etc/spwd.db and /etc/pwd.db which are the databases accessed by getpw*(). As far as /etc/*passwd is concerned those are great for building the databases and administrative duties but other than that don't really serve a point. Yes /etc/master.passwd is used for pwd_mkdb to build the databases so it serves a purpose other than that I can't think of any. As for Paolo, commenting out users is a nono, if you want to lock an account make sure the first character of the pw_passwd field is a *. This is usually the easiest method. Peter Philipp (PP2441) Globalserve System Administration "How I wish you were here..." - Pink Floyd On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Tom wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Paulo Fragoso wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I don't know if seding message to correct list. But after upgrade from > > FBSD 2.2.2 to FBSD 2.2.6-stable something moved. In my /etc/passwd file > > there are lots of coments "#" and getpwent() return 0 after read this > > line. I have some scripts in perl that stops when getpwent() return 0. > > In FBSD 2.2.2 when getpwent() returned 0 meant end of file /etc/passwd. > > I hope you realize that /etc/passwd isn't used for anything. All users > should be listed in /etc/master.passwd. You should used vipw to edit > /etc/master.passwd > > Tom > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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