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From: roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Cant add new account in FreeBSD 1.1.5.1
Date: 12 Aug 1994 21:33:46 +0200
Organization: A Happy FreeBSD 1.1.5 Usenet Site
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References: <wgalazka.180.2E4621E6@chem.uw.edu.pl> <STARK!GENE.94Aug10212151@stark.uucp>
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In article <STARK!GENE.94Aug10212151@stark.uucp>,
Gene Stark <stark!gene@newsserv.cs.sunysb.edu> wrote:
> Do:
> 
> 	pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd
 
It would be better to use

pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd

to get a  proper  /etc/passwd. There are   less and less  program that  use
/etc/passwd directly but its better to have consistent one.

-- 
Ollivier ROBERT                                           roberto@hsc.fr.net
Hervé Schauer Consultants                Ollivier.Robert@keltia.frmug.fr.net
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