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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!nntp.uio.no!news.maxwell.syr.edu!insync!news.io.com!news.io.com!not-for-mail From: mparson@io.com (Michael Parson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Can't add user in NetBSD/mac68k Date: 5 Feb 1997 12:25:36 -0600 Organization: Illuminati Online Lines: 17 Message-ID: <5dajb0$k81@xanadu.io.com> References: <5d7pmv$b90@epimetheus.algonet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: xanadu.io.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5300 In article <5d7pmv$b90@epimetheus.algonet.se>, Saltsjobadens Samskola <sirius@kairos.algonet.se> wrote: >There is some strange passwd system in NetBSD I've never seen before. >When I try to add a user in both the master.passwd- and the passwd-file, >the system can't find that user. And the passwd program says the >passwd-file is in use sometimes and refers to /etc/ptmp. >Can someone tell me what is happening here??? Don't edit /etc/passwd or /etc/master.passwd directly, use the vipw command. It will open up the master.passwd file in your $VISUAL editor. When you make the changes and exit out of the editor, it will automatically regenerate the the passwd databases that are used in NetBSD's shadowed password setup. -- Michael Parson // Illuminati Online E-mail: mparson@io.com \X/ Fnord! DNRC