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From: "Sean C. Higgins 8*259-2073" <LISO1.dnet.ge.com!HIGGINS@ge-dab.ge.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: RE: passwd file
Message-ID: <51874@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Date: 25 Apr 91 19:47:03 GMT
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>	Why won't my passwd file keep any new accounts?  If I reboot, the
>passwd file resets to the original values.  Is there anyway around this
>or something I'm forgetting to do?  BTW, I'm still on floppy's.  Does
>that make any difference?  We're looking at hard drive installation
>by the weekend, so if that does make a difference, then hopefully the
>problem goes away...right?

     The password file is normally loaded to the ramdisk, thus
any changes made to it need to be saved manually to the disk
you use to load the ramdisk...

                    Sean