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From: dz@casaba.ucsb.edu (Daniel James Zerkle)
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Subject: Re: SUing to root
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Date: 16 Aug 89 15:32:30 GMT
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In article <246300035@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>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?

They're not totally useless.  You can use niload and nidump to move info
between netinfo and the actual passwd and group files.  vipw and passwd
only affect the files in /etc, and must be followed by an niload to take
effect.  It would be very advisable to do an nidump beforehand, as well.
These programs are like this because 0.9 is not a full public release.
1.0 will probably have something more intelligent.

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