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Date:      Wed, 9 Dec 1998 10:21:40 +1300 (NZDT)
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
To:        Jerry Raynor <jerryr@ComCAT.COM>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Charlie Root ??
Message-ID:  <Pine.SCO.3.96.981209102044.11684H-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.02A.9812081601001.5603-100000@uw>

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On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Jerry Raynor wrote:

> This maybe a stupid question but I really don't want to mess-up the root
> access by doing anything wrong.
> 
> How do I change the user's "name" (root) from Charlie Root to whatever?

Log in as root on the console.
Run:
	chsh

Change the appropriate field.

Jonathan Chen
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