Re: vipw -s (shadow)

[Carey Evans]

David Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

[snip]

 # vipw -s
 vipw: /bin/ae: Bad address
 vipw: /etc/shadow is unchanged
 vipw: /bin/ae: No such file or directory
 vipw: /etc/shadow is unchanged

[snip]

 I track stable, and ae is in /bin.
 Oh well, no one's logged in.

I don't quite track stable (BTW, the upgrade from 1.2 + some hamm to
1.3 + some hamm went remarkably well), but:

# strace -o trace -f vipw -s

produces some of the following in `trace':

2196  execve(/sbin/vi, [vi, /etc/shadow.edit, 0x1, w, r], [/* 42 vars 
*/]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
2196  execve(/bin/vi, [vi, /etc/shadow.edit, 0x1, w, r], [/* 42 vars 
*/]) = -1 EFAULT (Bad address)
   ^^^
I'd say this is a bug.  You should report it to the bug-tracking
system (if it's not already there).

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vipw -s (shadow)

[David Wright]

I thought I'd stop editing the password files directly, as soon I may have
some more users. I use shadowing. All that happens is

# vipw -s
vipw: /bin/ae: Bad address
vipw: /etc/shadow is unchanged
vipw: /bin/ae: No such file or directory
vipw: /etc/shadow is unchanged
# vigr -s
vigr: /bin/ae: Bad address
vigr: /etc/gshadow is unchanged
vigr: /bin/ae: No such file or directory
vigr: /etc/gshadow is unchanged
#

I track stable, and ae is in /bin.
Oh well, no one's logged in.
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