Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 11:53:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Jan Koum <jkb@best.com> To: Brendan Kosowski - System Administrator <root@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980423115120.2715C-100000@shell6.ba.best.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980424011745.991A-100000@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net>
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On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Brendan Kosowski - System Administrator wrote: > >I am currently trying out FreeBSD 2.2.5 and I am having 2 problems : > > >1. If I change the root login shell in /etc/passwd to /bin/sh instead of >/bin/csh , it still comes up as "csh" when I login as root. Use "vipw" command or "man pwd_mkdb" > >2. The /etc/passwd file has * for all passwords. This is confusing because >older unix systems used * to DISABLE a user login. If * is NOT disable, >then how do I disable a user login ? > > No, /etc/passwd has *'s because it uses shadow password file for password: /etc/master.passwd. Hence, the real passwords and some other info goes into /etc/master.passwd .. "man 5 passwd" >Would appreciate any help on the above problems. > >Thanks & Regards, Brendan Kosowski. > Your welcome, -- Yan P.S. -- What is it with people using root for eMail? :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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