Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com> writes: > (1) mechanism for adding the alias (locking /etc/passwd falls in > this area). Something like this is safe. (this is untested) adduser --system toor echo "#!/bin/perl -ipe\ns/(^toor:[^:]+):\d+/$1:0/; > /etc/sashfixpw chmod +x /etc/sashfixpw VISUAL=/etc/sashfixpw vipw rm /etc/sashfixpw Guy