Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 08:11:14 +0000 (GMT) From: Ilia Chipitsine <ilia@cgilh.chel.su> To: zhihuizhang <bf20761@binghamton.edu> Cc: Ilia Chipitsine <ilia@cgilh.chel.su>, Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to modify an existing user's setting? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904230809580.743-100000@jane.cgu.chel.su> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.L3.93.990422140636.28167C-100000@bingsun1>
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Did you type _exactly_ the password for toor as you previously set up ?! Ilia Chipitsine On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, zhihuizhang wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Ilia Chipitsine wrote: > > > 1. 'man chpass' > > 2. 'man vipw' > > > > you can also delete 'root' user, login as 'toor' user and add 'root' user > > again :-) > > > > I can not delete the root user by rmuser. So I delete root by vipw. > After that, I exit and try to login in as toor. But this time no matter > whatever passwd I try, it won't log me in (I tries the old root password > or simple press enter at the passwd prompt). The passwd field for toor is > a * if you see it by vipw. > > Any idea? > > -Zhihui > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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