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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.indirect.com!wes From: wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) Subject: Re: bsd fails can not add users Message-ID: <CyKB37.6xI@indirect.com> Sender: usenet@indirect.com (System Operator) Organization: Internet Direct, indirect.com Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 00:09:06 GMT References: <1994Oct30.002339.770@kfdata.no> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 Hans Petter Fasteng (hansf@kfdata.no) wrote: : I installed FreeBSD 1.1.5 when I try to edit passwd to add a user (my self) : to stop using root. It fails just telling me that the user I add is unkown. Edit passwd? No, no, no! ;^) Use vipw(8) instead. On FreeBSD, the /etc/passwd file isn't the *authoritative* store for passwd info anymore. vipw will make sure the database gets updated correctly. Wes Peters