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Date:      Tue, 8 Dec 1998 14:12:28 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
To:        Jerry Raynor <jerryr@ComCAT.COM>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Charlie Root ??
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812081410570.1130-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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?

This info is in '/etc/passwd' but you should never edit /etc/passwd
directly. You should use 'vipw' to edit this file. Change the apropriate
field.

Catchya Later,		|	UW Mechanical Engineering
Jason Wells		|	http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/


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