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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] postfixadmin vacation user uid/home in /etc/passwd
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:37:55
Message-Id: 4D1BA9CD.3030508@libertytrek.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] postfixadmin vacation user uid/home in /etc/passwd by kashani
1 On 2010-12-29 3:50 PM, kashani wrote:
2 > On 12/29/2010 9:14 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
3 >> I'm updating an old system I inherited that has postfixadmin 2.1
4 >> installed, and I have a question about the vacation user entry in
5 >> /etc/passwd...
6
7 <snip>
8
9 > I would consider a plan to upgrade to 2.3.2,
10
11 I guess I could have been clearer - I said I was updating the system,
12 and updating pfadmin to 2.3.2 is what I'm doing now... and I want to
13 configure everything *correctly*. Right now, vacation has a shell, and
14 it shouldn't - I just want to know if simply editing /etc/passwd is the
15 correct way to fix it...
16
17 > but it would be far simpler to build a new system and switch over to
18 > it than upgrade in place. And safer.
19
20 I already have the new pfadmin up and running, and I'll be switching
21 over this weekend...
22
23 Any idea about my other question:
24
25 >> Also, out of curiosity - can /etc/passwd file contain comments?
26
27 Thanks...

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Re: [gentoo-user] postfixadmin vacation user uid/home in /etc/passwd kashani <kashani-list@××××××××.net>