Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 19:01:48 +0000 From: Lee Johnston <ljohnston@cyberworld.demon.co.uk> To: "Pavel V. Antipov" <pavel@ikar.elect.ru>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: About passwd e.t.c. Message-ID: <19980709190148.A1087@ljis.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980709141020.2582A-100000@ikar.elect.ru>; from Pavel V. Antipov on Thu, Jul 09, 1998 at 02:19:47PM %2B0400 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980709141020.2582A-100000@ikar.elect.ru>
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On Thu, Jul 09, 1998 at 02:19:47PM +0400, Pavel V. Antipov wrote:
> Hi !
>
> I added a mail-user to FreeBSD 2.2.5 with shell /sbin/nologin .
> Mail service work properly but I cannot change shell for this mail-user.
> I manualy wrote new shell program into /etc/passwd AND /etc/master.passwd
> but shell (after rebooting) was not choose.
>
> Questions:
> 1. Why I can't change shell program ?
> 2. Why can I change shell program ?
> 3. How can I change password for that mail-user (user need it)?
Well, You could use these ways to change the shell:
1. Edit both password files automatically using vipw.
2. Change you users shell by using chsh [username].
As for the password, use the following as root:
passwd [username]
For more info see the man pages.
Hope this helps you,
Lee.
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