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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!kettle.magna.com.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.seanet.com!odinn!bolsen From: bolsen@seanet.com (Bruce Olsen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: how do I modify passwd entries? Date: 20 Oct 1995 12:38:34 GMT Organization: Seanet Online Services, Seattle WA Lines: 16 Sender: bolsen@odinn (Bruce Olsen) Message-ID: <46858a$9ns@kaleka.seanet.com> References: <4616mf$2ub@shellx.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: odinn.seanet.com In article <4616mf$2ub@shellx.best.com>, paigen@shellx.best.com (David Paigen) writes: |> |> I know that I should use adduser rather than modify |> /etc/passwd, etc. files by hand. I assume that this |> has to do with the shadow password file. |> |> But what do I do about old user accounts that need to |> be changed? I need to change the login directory of |> one user. Can I do this by hand? |> |> -david |> -- |> David Paigen, aka Sir Henry Lee, Queen's Champion Will answer stupid user |> paigen@best.com C, unix, X, news, and questions for beer. |> paigen@forte.org distributed systems (good beer) Edit /etc/passwd with vipw