F9: Manually editing passwd/group files causes rebooting to freeze up after udev....

[Phil Meyer]

Dan Thurman wrote:
>
> I was manually changing the /etc/passwd and /etc/group
> file since my users were incorrectly assigned UID/GIDs,
> I manually corrected the UID/GID in /home for each user,
> rebooted and noticed that I would get a hang just after
> udev.

Did you forget gshadow?  A common mistake for us old farts.

I always try to use usermod for that kind of stuff.  Yes, I still use 
vipw regularly, but I don't dare modify group info that way any more.

gshadow has bitten me more than once, hence the motivation to use 
usermod more often.

Good Luck!