From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 13 18:10:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0750B10656C5 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:10:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@black-earth.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EAB48FC0A for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:10:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o1DIASQQ033863 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:10:28 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@black-earth.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk o1DIASQQ033863 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=black-earth.co.uk; s=201001-black-earth; t=1266084628; bh=qR1Q1zltGFOvIo6vbzzQyAqDbYfb6r3Cq+MCXLuHhlg=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4B76EB13.3060900@black-earth.co.uk>|Date:=20Sat,=2 013=20Feb=202010=2018:10:27=20+0000|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman=20|User-Agent:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(Macintosh=3 B=20U=3B=20Intel=20Mac=20OS=20X=2010.6=3B=20en-GB=3B=20rv:1.9.1.7) =20Gecko/20100111=20Thunderbird/3.0.1|MIME-Version:=201.0|To:=20Bo b=20Johnson=20|CC:=20Jason=20Lin=20,=20freebsd-questions@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20H ELP!=20Is=20that=20possible=20"creating=20a=20user=20named=20root= 20but=20=09acturallynot=0D=0A=20the=20administrator=20root"|Refere nces:=20<387428344-1265866387-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim .net-794243854-@bda049.bisx.prodap.on.blackberry>=09=09=20<54db43991002130949l1cdddf5ey5565547637c531@mail.gm ail.com>|In-Reply-To:=20<54db43991002130949l1cdddf5ey5565547637c53 1@mail.gmail.com>|X-Enigmail-Version:=201.0|Content-Type:=20multip art/signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha1=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"applicati on/pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enigAD32E702D D4C7B1F58187642"; b=j45nPrwmEU4JEiMbQelOUn5DfkdL5ns/HLr7/KmOeMSReJIoEoMWeua3e99/XG4On UnmGgV7/fyovOfhD6i+KB4HKtDXx6fTGjjYGhdGZeQvmYE0cNFzHpyFTGkdwS6nKyf uVXhLsPshqUoNexrw28AdMaxvh1zXnbZnx9CiI4w= Message-ID: <4B76EB13.3060900@black-earth.co.uk> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:10:27 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100111 Thunderbird/3.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bob Johnson References: <387428344-1265866387-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-794243854-@bda049.bisx.prodap.on.blackberry> <54db43991002130949l1cdddf5ey5565547637c531@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <54db43991002130949l1cdddf5ey5565547637c531@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigAD32E702DD4C7B1F58187642" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.3 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, SPF_FAIL, URIBL_RED autolearn=no version=3.3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0 (2010-01-18) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Jason Lin , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HELP! Is that possible "creating a user named root but acturallynot the administrator root" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:10:34 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigAD32E702DD4C7B1F58187642 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 13/02/2010 17:49, Bob Johnson wrote: > It is possible (I don't remember) that the "toor" account does not > have a shell in the default passwd file. If that's the problem, use > vipw to add the path to a shell as the last field on the line. The > "root" account should provide a good example, or look at the line for > your own user account. "/bin/csh" should work for recent versions of > FreeBSD. An empty field for the user shell in /etc/{master.,}passwd means the account gets the default shell, which in the case of FreeBSD is /bin/sh. Shouldn't cause the observed problem. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard, Flat 3 Black Earth Consulting Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW Free and Open Source Solutions Tel: +44 (0)1843 580647 --------------enigAD32E702DD4C7B1F58187642 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkt26xQACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzGAQCfRELHILq9NSAL/COsex2Rq9MG WBMAn3xZ4+3ObciUIgTqzaUk0msghSiH =FR3V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigAD32E702DD4C7B1F58187642--