Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!jpd00964 From: jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: SUing to root Message-ID: <246300035@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 14 Aug 89 22:48:00 GMT References: <3149@blake.acs.washington.edu> Lines: 9 Nf-ID: #R:blake.acs.washington.edu:3149:uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:246300035:000:268 Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!jpd00964 Aug 14 17:48:00 1989 [SUing to root and netInfo] Can someone at NeXT please tell us the reasoning behind making the passwd and group files in the /etc directory nothing more than an unused text file? Shouldn't vipw have the ability to update your netInfo for you? Michael Rutman Softmed