Hi Frank,
This looks like a good candidate for this case.
Thanks for the lead,
/\/elson
| Frank Ranner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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|
David E. Nelson wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Looking through 'editfiles', I'm not seeing an easy way to edit a single
> field in /etc/passwd - I need to change the primary group for one
> account. I can't just replace the entire line since the Gecos and home
> dir aren't consistent across systems. Any ideas?
>
> It'd be nice if there was an edit command that used a sed-like syntax
> that allowed backreferences.
>
> Thanks,
> /\/elson
>
Use 'usermod' in a shellcommands section. You could set a class based on
a grep for the old contents, then use that class to trigger the usermod
command.
Regards
Frank Ranner
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