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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: <Sylvain DOT Ferriol AT imag DOT fr>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: suggestion for cygutils - usermod (was Re: howto change home path in /etc/passwd)
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 15:47:54 +0100
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Sylvain DOT Ferriol AT imag DOT fr wrote:
> Yes , because i don't want to create a shell doing this:
> grep -v $USERNAME /etc/passwd > /etc/passwd

Care! That will leave you with an empty /etc/passwd.
The shell truncates /etc/passwd BEFORE grep reads it.

> mkpasswd -l -u $USERNAME -p $HOME >> /etc/passwd
> 
> sylvain

Max.

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