phs@lifia.UUCP (Philippe Schnoebelen) (08/06/87)
When you call vipw in order to modify the passwd file under UNIX BSD4.3, it performs several so called "sanity checks", e.g. that you have su'ed, that noone else is currently modifying it, ... but more surprisingly it also verifies that your shell is bin/csh or /bin/sh, which forbids you to use another shell when su'ed. Is there a good reason for this ? Is there any way around this other than patching the source and recompiling ? Is there any danger in doing so ? Thanks in advance, -- Philippe SCHNOEBELEN, LIFIA - INPG, UUCP : phs@lifia.imag.fr 46, Avenue Felix VIALLET 38000 Grenoble, FRANCE "Algebraic symbols are used when you do not know what you are talking about."