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From: dag@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM (Daniel A. Graifer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: SVR3 passwd changes mode of passwd file
Message-ID: <423@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM>
Date: 23 Sep 88 15:27:43 GMT
References: <3394@dunkshot.mips.COM> <1235@cbnews.ATT.COM> <3441@dunkshot.mips.COM>
Reply-To: dag@fciva.UUCP (Daniel A. Graifer)
Organization: Franklin Capital Investments, Inc. McLean, Va.
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In article <3441@dunkshot.mips.COM> dce@dunkshot.UUCP (David Elliott) writes:
> ... (I know,
>vi'ing the password file is wrong, but we haven't had time to add a vipw
>program yet).
>David Elliott		dce@mips.com  or  {ames,prls,pyramid,decwrl}!mips!dce

Ooops...this is what I do all the time.  Why is it wrong?  Where do I get
vipw?

Seriously, please educate me.
	Thanks in advance
	Dan
 

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