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Date:      Tue, 8 Dec 1998 22:04:31 +0000
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        Jerry Raynor <jerryr@ComCAT.COM>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Charlie Root ??
Message-ID:  <19981208220431.A38811@scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.02A.9812081601001.5603-100000@uw>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.02A.9812081601001.5603-100000@uw>

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Jerry Raynor wrote:

> This maybe a stupid question but I really don't want to mess-up the root
> access by doing anything wrong.
> 
> How do I change the user's "name" (root) from Charlie Root to whatever?

Use vipw or chsh to edit that field.

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Ben Smithurst
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