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From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: HELP! How I can change the password??
Date: 10 Jul 1997 09:19:05 GMT
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Michele Setnikar <michele@uniserv.uniplan.it> wrote:

> On other Unix (such as AIX, SCO, DECUnix, or SVR4) I've found
> the calls to read and to write the pw entry.

...each of them all different from each other.

> Under BSD I do not find the cals to write the entry.

There is none, and you need to call pwd_mkdb(8) after modifying the
entry anyway.

-- 
J"org Wunsch					       Unix support engineer
joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de       http://www.interface-business.de/~j