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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Changing permissions of a user Post 22416 by achink125 on Monday 3rd of June 2002 01:58:20 PM
Old 06-03-2002
Okay, what i meant is when I go into a file via vi and try to change something and save the changes with :wq, i get the message "Cannot create backup file, (use ! to override)". Also whenever i try to create a new file, after i write the file, and type :wq, it says "test.pl (that's my file) Cannot open file for writing" What does this mean? How come I cannot edit anything but can access the files and read them.

I tried man userconf. It gives me "no manual entry for userconf." Is userconf even a command?

Lastly, I'm not sure what OS this server is on. I inherited this project from a friend. It's a learning project for me, so I'm trying to get familiar with Unix and perl.
 

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dsenableroot

dsenableroot(8) 					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					   dsenableroot(8)

NAME

     dsenableroot -- enables or disables the root account.

SYNOPSIS

     dsenableroot [-d] [-u username] [-p password] [-r rootPassword]

DESCRIPTION

     dsenableroot sets the password for the root account if enabling the root user account.  Otherwise, if disable [-d] is chosen, the root
     account passwords are removed and the root user is disabled.

     A list of flags and their descriptions:

     -u username
	      Username of a user that has administrative privileges on this computer.

     -p password
	      Password to use in conjunction with the specified username.  If this is not specified, you will be prompted for entry.

     -r rootPassword
	      Password to be used for the root account.  If this is not specified for enabling, you will be prompted for entry.

EXAMPLES

     -dsenableroot
	      Your username will be used and you will be queried for both your password and the new root password to be set to enable the root
	      account.

     -dsenableroot -d
	      Your username will be used and you will be queried for only your password to disable the root account.

     -dsenableroot -u username -p userpassword -r rootpassword
	      The supplied arguments will be used to enable the root account.

     -dsenableroot -d -u username -p userpassword
	      The supplied arguments will be used to disable the root account.

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