hello to all... does anyone here worry about the look of their /etc/passwd /etc/group for me, yes i do.. i wanted to separate the users with pc accounts.. but would my network go crazy if i will reset some of the gid and uid and also i've noticed that the file /etc/samba/smbpasswd is also somehow link to the /etc/group ... any advice on how to properly edit things.. tia kent
On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 19:28, kent E. wrote:> advice on how to properly edit things..--- make a backup first - if you have to ask, you clearly don't know what you're doing. /etc/group and /etc/passwd aren't designed to look pretty. They are designed for fast parsing for the necessary information. Learn to trust the wisdom of the planners of the Unix system structure and design - a lot and lot of people that can think rings around me created it. Craig