suggestion for cygutils - usermod (was Re: howto change home path in /etc/passwd)

Mon May 12 14:58:00 GMT 2003

Surlignage Max Bowsher <maxb@ukf.net>:

> Sylvain.Ferriol@imag.fr wrote:
> > Yes , because i don't want to create a shell doing this:
> > grep -v $USERNAME /etc/passwd > /etc/passwd
> 
sorry
but i don't know with sed how to delete a line starting with $USER

> 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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