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/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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