Re: changing a users group
On Fri, May 08, 1998 at 08:03:51AM +0100, Joop Stakenborg wrote:
> Matthew D. Myers wrote:
> > How do you change a users group assignments without manually editing the
> > passwd and group and also shadowed files.
> use vipw for editting your password file and vigr for the group file.
Which is just the same as manually editing them. Is there a good
reason to use vipw, instead of just "vi /etc/passwd"?
Hamish
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