On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 21:58:27 +1000 Steve Kowalik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 5:11 pm, Sunday, June 8 2003, Robert Tillsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mumbled: > > I've got it running, though I needed to remove the $. Do you know if its a > > permanent change, or do I need to do this every time I log in? > > > Right, I said this, I should explain: > > > > broken:~# export VISUAL="$(which ed)" No need for a full path as programs search PATH for $VISUAL anyway. So ... export VISUAL=ed or export VISUAL=joe or whatever will do. That said, vipw only adds a little locking around your editor to make sure that not more than one is editing it. If you're the only user I'd just edit direct: joe /etc/passwd Moreoever, I'm not sure that any other passwd manipulation tools (useradd, userdel, usermod) take any notice of vipw locking so it's not worth much really. FWIW there's no vipw in Solaris anymore. BTW, why aren't you using useradd, usermod, userdel? Or even better whatever graphical user management tools your dist. of linux gives you. ) e.g. redhat-config-users under redhat. Regards, Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
