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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:289 comp.unix.questions:65794 comp.unix.bsd.misc:86 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:72 comp.unix.misc:17373 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!vtc.tacom.army.mil!ulowell.uml.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!calliope.wln.com!rs6a.wln.com!fryja From: fryja@rs6a.wln.com (Jason K Fry) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: rebuilding the passwd database Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.misc Date: 16 Jun 1995 15:35:34 GMT Organization: WLN Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3rs8c6$7c2@calliope.wln.com> References: <3rpq0k$5cp@news.mtu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rs6a.wln.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] Brian A. Bucher (babucher@mtu.edu) wrote: : System is BSD/OS 1.1 : After running the adduser script (perl) that came with the system, : everything is fine except that the passwd database needs to : be read in before the userid is associated with a userid number. : We have to run vipw, do a write (don't have to change anything) and : then exit for the database to rebuild. : Is there a manual way to do this that I can add to the script, : or just run on the command line? : We have shadowed passwds (not sure if it came with the system : or not because I am brand new here) : Thanks, : Boo Try the mkpasswd command. This is the command that vipw uses to activate the new passwd entries. Hope this helps Jason