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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:290 comp.unix.questions:65818 comp.unix.bsd.misc:87 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:73 comp.unix.misc:17383 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!vtc.tacom.army.mil!news1.oakland.edu!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Portugal.EU.net!silicon.eppet.pt!silicon.eppet.pt!not-for-mail From: jcnc@silicon.eppet.pt (Joao Neves Cabral) 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 23:57:07 +0200 Organization: EPPET Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3rsunj$4ea@silicon.eppet.pt> References: <3rpq0k$5cp@news.mtu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: silicon.eppet.pt X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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? In FreeBSD : pwd_mkdb -- rgds, joao.