Re: New!!!: Base-passwd 2.0

[sailer@sun10.sep.bnl.gov (Tim Sailer)]

In your email to me, Lars Wirzenius, you wrote:
> Philippe Troin:
> > Is there a debian standard way of [ locking /etc/passwd and friends ] ?
> 
> I don't think so, at the moment. It should be doable, however. We
> have a locking policy for mailboxes. I'm sure we can have one for
> /etc/passwd.

How does 'vipw' handle it?

Tim

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