At 3:39 pm, Sunday, June 8 2003, Robert Tillsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mumbled:
> I'm looking into setting up a samba PDC. I've got a help file that I'm working
> through. It mentioned adjusting users using vipw. So I've been trying to do
> that. I've found the vim documentation on my system and I've been reading
> through it, taking a few notes etc. However it seems like a bit of a pain to
> use. Would I be able to use an editor like kate to add or modify entries in
> etc/passwd?
>
Yes. Set your VISUAL enviroment to /usr/bin/kate, or whereever it is, and
then run vipw.
broken:~# export VISUAL="$(which ed)"
broken:~# vipw
935
q
vipw: /etc/passwd is unchanged
broken:~#
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Steve
<Overfiend> goodbye, netsnaipe
<Overfiend> kick netsnipe
<Overfiend> oops
<StevenK> Overfiend: That's 'netxnipe'
<Overfiend> StevenK: bwa ha, I had totally forgotten that! :)
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