Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 06:49:44 -0800 From: joe <joe-dated-1037371904.240153@dubium.com> To: Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>, joe <joe-dated-1037323668.d621ae@dubium.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: REASON #7919 NOT to do things as root! Message-ID: <200211100649.44213.joe@dubium.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10211100225420.25854-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10211100225420.25854-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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On November 9, 2002 11:26 pm, Stephen Hovey wrote:
> /etc/passwd is made from master.passwd for those jobbies that still
> need to look at the old style text file instead of making kernel
> calls. You can regenerate it - I always forget the damn program name
> - mk_pwdb or something like that - when I forget, I use vipw, change
> a latter in my real name in the geco, and save - that regens the
> whole thing too.
Thanks to all who responded. This was not as dire a problem as I had
thought, just an inexpensive reminder to observe better "best"
practices.
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Joe Sotham
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Christianity got over the difficulty of furious opposites
by keeping them both and keeping them furious.
- G.K. Chesterton
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