>
>> 	... Hasn't vipw
>> been the recommended way to edit the passwd file since clear back in
>> the V7 days? ...
>
>not really, because v7 did not have vi nor vipw. :) it is a berkelix
>invention.
>

Yes, from the Delaware Usenix conference, I believe. VI certainly
showed up on the PDP-11/45 we were running Sidereal, where people
then performed /dev/kmem tricks to get *their* vi to run while
everyone else was swapped out to the Diablo RK05 clone....