Is it safe to manually change the /etc/passwd file?

stefaandk · 06-29-2005, 10:20 PM

I want to create a new user

useradd user1

Then associate it with an already existing directory in the passwd file.

Cheers

itsjustme · 06-29-2005, 10:43 PM

That shouldn't be a problem. I've edited passwd before to change the default shell.

securehack · 06-29-2005, 11:10 PM

Yes, it is perfectly fine to do so. For my knowledge, should shadow be run again after manually editing the file, just out of curiousity?

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