Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 03:10:17 +0100 (MET) From: Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> To: maynardm@poboxes.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing user info Message-ID: <199610290210.DAA02038@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> In-Reply-To: <199610282356.PAA26100@sprynet.com> from W Mark Maynard II at "28. Oct. 96 18:52:44"
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> I recently install FreeBSD 2.1.5, and I am now trying to change the default > set up for the root user (i.e. it is still calling root "Charlie Root", and > still has root using /bin/csh). I have changed the info in /etc/passwd, > however, this did not work. What should I do? Use vipw (as for editing any other user) ! Also see vipw(8). Robert -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de
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