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To: Brendan Kosowski - System Administrator <root@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net>
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On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Brendan Kosowski - System Administrator wrote:

>
>I am currently trying out FreeBSD 2.2.5 and I am having 2 problems :
>
>
>1. If I change the root login shell in /etc/passwd to /bin/sh instead of
>/bin/csh , it still comes up as "csh" when I login as root.

	Use "vipw" command or "man pwd_mkdb"

>
>2. The /etc/passwd file has * for all passwords. This is confusing because
>older unix systems used * to DISABLE a user login. If * is NOT disable,
>then how do I disable a user login ?
>
>

	No, /etc/passwd has *'s because it uses shadow password file for
password: /etc/master.passwd. Hence, the real passwords and some other
info goes into /etc/master.passwd .. "man 5 passwd"

>Would appreciate any help on the above problems.
>
>Thanks & Regards, Brendan Kosowski.
>
	
	Your welcome,

-- Yan

P.S. -- What is it with people using root for eMail? :)


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