From: Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root email name? References: <200210162328.g9GNSo1J039009@axp.csl.sri.com>
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>>>>> "MH" == Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com> writes: MH> Edit the gecos field in the /etc/password file >> How do I change the name of my email from Charlie Root? Wrong answer. You edit the password file via the "vipw" program, so it properly locks it and properly rebuilds the databases related to it. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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