Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 13:42:32 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>, Phil Homewood <philh@mincom.com>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root shell/toor shell Message-ID: <19991202134232.A16827@orion.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9912022132560.95222-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 09:34:49PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912021311260.12785-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9912022132560.95222-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 09:34:49PM +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > Well, using chsh from toor tells me i am actually editing the root > password entry. The /etc/shells has 4 shells listed, all in their proper > places. But i still cannot seem to edit toor's entry. In /etc/passwd, > the entry and password for toor is different. But for the login shell, > the entry is blank. I assum it uses the one for root here, and that may > be the problem. Isn't there command i have to run if i decide to edit > /etc/passwd directly? Use vipw to edit the password file and it will update the databases for you. -- Brooks To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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