I skip the second part of vipw to save a little time.

On 10/8/07, Matt Kolb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Oct 8, 2007, at 2:49 PM, Brandorr wrote:
>
> > Personally, I do it the old school way (unless I am scripting, in
> > which case I use the commands):
> >
> > 1) create an entry in /etc/passwd (using /usr/ucb/vipw)
> > 2) run pwconv to create the /etc/shadow entry
>
> Is this really necessary?  vipw does the right thing, afaik step 2 is
> not needed.
>
> ./mk
>
> --
> Matt Kolb  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Academic Computing & Network Services
> Michigan State University
>
>
>
>


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