Re: Editing fields in /etc/passwd

[david . nelson]

Yes, it would.  However, the passwd
file format is "<user>:x:<uid>:<gid>...." and
I can't guarantee that the '<uid>' will be consistent accross all
systems.  This is where I'm running into problems in how to preserve
the '<uid>' field.

Regards,
         /\/elson

Adrian Phillips <a.phillips@met.no>
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07/27/2005 12:13 PM

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Subject	Re: Editing fields in /etc/passwd

>>>>> "David" == David E
Nelson <david.nelson@ni.com> writes:

    David> Looking through 'editfiles', I'm not seeing an
easy way to
    David> edit a single field in /etc/passwd - I need to
change the
    David> primary group for one account.  I can't just
replace the
    David> entire line since the Gecos and home dir aren't
consistent
    David> across systems.  Any ideas?

Won't something like the following work :-

ReplaceAll "^<user>:x:<groupid>:" With "<user>:x:<new
groupid>:"

Sincerely,

Adrian Phillips

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