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Date:      Tue, 1 Sep 1998 07:32:01 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        Choi Young Jin <s198322@ccs.sogang.ac.kr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [Q] What is the "toor" in '/etc/passwd'?
Message-ID:  <19980901073201.A28110@scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809010059420.10074-100000@srv.kapmail.com>
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Satya Devireddy wrote:

> I do not know how to activate the account. I cannot seem
> to use passwd on it or login using the root passwd.
> 
> Can some one give more info...

`passwd toor' as root. or `echo foo | pw usermod toor -h 0' if you
really want. But don't use foo as a password unless you're really silly
<g>

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