On 6/17/05, wyzemoro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > manually... change the line at /etc/passwd .../bin/bash to /bin/false > after adding a username.
Hi, Use vipw instead. It was specifically designed to both lock /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow file while you are editing it. That way, there is no corruption since you are the only one who have access to both files. vipw defaults to vi editor. You can change it by setting the VISUAL environment variable to other editors. Example on the CLI: $ VISUAL=joe ; export VISUAL ; vipw Get the hang of it, almost all *nix have this utility. regards, Andre _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
