On 13 December 2012 13:52, Robbie Smith <zoqaeski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > vipw and vigr don't seem to do anything for me. It doesn't matter what > changes I make, they both report that nothing was changed. > > # vipw > (Makes changes in $EDITOR, writes and quits) > vipw: no changes made > vipw: /etc/passwd unchanged > > ? > I believe vipw and vigr will launch the file in using $EDITOR. Once you have made changes it will sanity check in a sandbox style before saving to the 'production' file. Correct me if I'm wrong please. Neil
