Date: 10 Feb 1998 20:40:54 -0600 From: stephen farrell <stephen@farrell.org> To: spork <sporkl@dti.net> Cc: freebsd questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: login.conf settings and netscape Message-ID: <877m726eyx.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: Spike Gronim's message of "Tue, 10 Feb 1998 20:53:17 -0500 (EST)" References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980210205308.201A-100000@mental>
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Spike Gronim <spork@dti.net> writes:
> How did you add yourself to a new class?
from the man 5 passwd:
==>
PASSWD(5) FreeBSD File Formats Manual PASSWD(5)
NAME
passwd - format of the password file
DESCRIPTION
The passwd files are files consisting of newline separated records, one
per user, containing ten colon (``:'') separated fields. These fields
are as follows:
name User's login name.
password User's encrypted password.
uid User's id.
gid User's login group id.
class User's login class.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
change Password change time.
expire Account expiration time.
gecos General information about the user.
home_dir User's home directory.
shell User's login shell.
<==
Note the "class" field--so you run vipw and edit that field; change it
to "root", for instance. (yes,it's a little bit tedious,you need to
count the colons... You can also use chpass <username> as root to
change this field in a somewhat nicer way, if you're not using
NIS...)
--
Steve Farrell
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