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From: scotte@center.uscs.com (L. Scott Emmons)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: how do I modify passwd entries?
Date: 18 Oct 1995 14:39:31 GMT
Organization: U.S. Computer Services Research Center, El Dorado Hills, CA
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Message-ID: <SCOTTE.95Oct18073931@odie.center.uscs.com>
References: <4616mf$2ub@shellx.best.com>
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To: paigen@shellx.best.com (David Paigen)
In-reply-to: paigen@shellx.best.com's message of 17 Oct 1995 14:20:15 -0700

In article <4616mf$2ub@shellx.best.com> paigen@shellx.best.com (David Paigen) writes:

> 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?

Yes. Use "vipw".
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  L. Scott Emmons       | CableData R&D Center - El Dorado Hills, CA, USA
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