[Linux-disciples] Sudoer

[Dylan Thurston]

On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 01:54:54PM -0400, Jason Smith wrote:
> So, is it generally a bad idea to modify these text files directly??  

I think it's fine to edit /etc/group , but you should use the dedicated
version with locking, 'vigr'.

> How do you know which you can and which you can't??

Err.  Usually they have a comment in the file telling you how to change
it.  I guess the format of /etc/passwd and /etc/group don't allow that.

Peace,
	Dylan
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