Re: "gshadow" file does not get synced automatically in Etch while edited manually with "vigr"

(I see I'm a bit late)

On 14.08.07 16:40, Siju George wrote:
> I get the following messages after I edit "/etc/group" file with "vigr"
> manually and save it
>
> You have modified /etc/group.
> You may need to modify /etc/gshadow for consistency.
> Please use the command `vigr -s' to do so.
>
> What should I do to get the "/etc/gshadow" file also updated automatically
> as I change "/etc/group" using "vigr" ?

I'm afraid there's no simple answer. If you added/removed a group, you should better do that using addgroup/delgroup (adduser pkg) or groupadd/groupdel (passwd pkg).

Otherwise it's better to edit gshadow manually - it's sometimes not easy to see what you have changed.

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