Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 14:31:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Adam Obszynski <impbbs@polbox.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root without password? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970809143031.6064T-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970807220059.0068be8c@polbox.com>
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On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Adam Obszynski wrote: > i use a vipw for some modifications and i wont to disable root password > on my home fBSD system... i leave root:: and saving changes then > i login on another console and root can not login !!!! Did you blank out the password entirely and leave the rest of the fields? > How disable root config ? You should login as root and use 'passwd' to change root's password. > vipw uses master.passwd ? if how update all shadow database > records after manual editing master.passwd ? vipw will run pwd_mkdb for you. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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