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[ILUG] Changing a users home directory with passwd

[ILUG] Changing a users home directory with passwd

Paul Kelly longword at esatclear.ie
Tue May 21 02:37:52 IST 2002

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Mel wrote:
> At the risk of confusing the issue, using that type of approach is
> generally a bad idea. why? Because it doesn't take into account that all
> your passwd information might not be local

Total absence of locking for that matter.

Paul.

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