"Dennis Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So I can not see a reason why a person needs vipw to edit the /etc/passwd
> file and good old vi ( mine is /usr/xpg4/bin/vi ) will do the job nicely and
> safely. The correct way may be simply to use usermod(1M) and not ever edit
> /etc/passwd directly.
If you are the only person who edits passwd & shadow and if you do not plan to
let the machine die while /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow have been truncated,
go ahead....
Unfortunately, it seems that the automated check for
/etc/ptmp
/etc/stmp
from SunOS-4.x have been removed.
Jörg
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