[Gllug] bash startup

[Vincent AE Scott]

SteveC(steve at fractalus.com)@Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 01:56:43PM -0500:
> * Stephen Harker (steve at pauken.co.uk) wrote:
> > On Thursday 01 November 2001 18:35, you wrote:
> > > /me mumbles something about this being a *linux* user group... <g>
> 
> bah humbug
> 
> > > On BSDen you should be using vipw, you know. So if you've just done 'vi
> 
> Wow, so I should. [RTFM!] Thanks for pointing that out!
> 
> have fun,
> 

exactly what does vipw do other than lock the /etc/passwd while you edit it?

i was under the impression that it's safe to just use vi, so long as no one else is editing the file at the same time.

 
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