Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 15:32:11 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: David James <davidj@zip.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root account has been renamed? Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.02.9809091530260.4904-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <35F5EBA4.C760A86F@zip.com.au>
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On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, David James wrote:
> I have two questions about this:
> 1. What caused root to be renamed? (Could I have done something really
> stupid to cause this?)
> 2. How can I get it back to how it was? (I tried editing /etc/passwd and
> /etc/master.passwd and deleting the "U" but it didn't work - I kept
> backups of the files before I edited.)
Sounds like the `pico' bug to me. If you're using that as your EDITOR,
upgrade it (vi rulz!).
Jonathan Chen
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