Re: changing a users group
Matthew D. Myers wrote: How do you change a users group assignments without manually editing the passwd and group and also shadowed files. use vipw for editting your password file and vigr for the group file. Joop [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: changing a users group
On Fri, May 08, 1998 at 08:03:51AM +0100, Joop Stakenborg wrote: Matthew D. Myers wrote: How do you change a users group assignments without manually editing the passwd and group and also shadowed files. use vipw for editting your password file and vigr for the group file. Which is just the same as manually editing them. Is there a good reason to use vipw, instead of just vi /etc/passwd? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: changing a users group
On Fri, 8 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Fri, May 08, 1998 at 08:03:51AM +0100, Joop Stakenborg wrote: Matthew D. Myers wrote: How do you change a users group assignments without manually editing the passwd and group and also shadowed files. use vipw for editting your password file and vigr for the group file. Which is just the same as manually editing them. Is there a good reason to use vipw, instead of just vi /etc/passwd? AFAIK vipw is supposed to lock the password file or at least perform the edits on a scratch copy of the original file and merge in the changes with the real /etc/passwd (which may have changed while you were editing) when you're ready. Cheers, Joost -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: changing a users group
At 04:57 -0500 on 5/8/98, Joost Kooij wrote: On Fri, 8 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Fri, May 08, 1998 at 08:03:51AM +0100, Joop Stakenborg wrote: Matthew D. Myers wrote: How do you change a users group assignments without manually editing the passwd and group and also shadowed files. use vipw for editting your password file and vigr for the group file. Which is just the same as manually editing them. Is there a good reason to use vipw, instead of just vi /etc/passwd? AFAIK vipw is supposed to lock the password file or at least perform the edits on a scratch copy of the original file and merge in the changes with the real /etc/passwd (which may have changed while you were editing) when you're ready. Did I miss something? The command usermod -g groupname userid is what I use to change the group assignment for a user. I don't worry about the groups file because it is static so I use vi on it. Butch Butch Kemper | Free sound advice available Kemper Associates Consulting Group | 95% sound and 5% advice 830-693-6967 | Refunds cheerfully provided -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: changing a users group
I think vipw also performs some sanity checks... (least that what it says) I think that s anice thing...I would bet an extra charicter in juts the wrong spot could suffciantly screw a system up course..I only used vipw once...and I didn't change anything... I immediatly exited the program as soon as I realized it was vi based (as a matter of preference I hate using vi for anything) -Steve Joost Kooij wrote: On Fri, 8 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Fri, May 08, 1998 at 08:03:51AM +0100, Joop Stakenborg wrote: Matthew D. Myers wrote: How do you change a users group assignments without manually editing the passwd and group and also shadowed files. use vipw for editting your password file and vigr for the group file. Which is just the same as manually editing them. Is there a good reason to use vipw, instead of just vi /etc/passwd? AFAIK vipw is supposed to lock the password file or at least perform the edits on a scratch copy of the original file and merge in the changes with the real /etc/passwd (which may have changed while you were editing) when you're ready. Cheers, Joost -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: changing a users group
How do you change a users group assignments without manually editing the passwd and group and also shadowed files. use vipw for editting your password file and vigr for the group file. Which is just the same as manually editing them. Is there a good reason to use vipw, instead of just vi /etc/passwd? only if something goes wrong :) I forget exactly what it is, but vipw does some checking before saving the file, preventing some types of dumb mistakes. Also, if you have shadow passwords, directly editing /etc/passwd can give strange results. iirc, i actually had different passwords in single user mode and multiuser after that . . . . it took days and some help to figure out what was going on. rick -- These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Fri, 8 May 1998, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: Which is just the same as manually editing them. Is there a good reason to use vipw, instead of just vi /etc/passwd? only if something goes wrong :) I forget exactly what it is, but vipw does some checking before saving the file, preventing some types of dumb mistakes. Also, if you have shadow passwords, directly editing /etc/passwd can give strange results. iirc, i actually had different passwords in single user mode and multiuser after that . . . . it took days and some help to figure out what was going on. Would pwck and grpck have helped. I always use these after editing any of the user/group files. -- Jean Pierre -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
changing a users group
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Re: changing a users group
Matthew D. Myers wrote: How do you change a users group assignments without manually editing the passwd and group and also shadowed files. Check out the FAQ-o-matic http://www.debian.org/fom/1.html More specifically, here http://www.debian.org/fom/122.html It dices, slices for 19.95, we'll throw in the steak knives. :) L8r -- Greg. -- What do you want to spend today? Debian GNU/Linux (Free for an UNLIMITED time) http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html Greg VenceKH2EA/4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
