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Date:      Sat, 20 Aug 2005 18:02:10 -0700
From:      Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net>
To:        Eric Murphy <eam404@earthlink.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: User admin question..
Message-ID:  <6.2.3.4.2.20050820180120.05f2d6a0@cobalt.antimatter.net>
In-Reply-To: <16686869.1124585487691.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rustique.atl. sa.earthlink.net>
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At 05:51 PM 8/20/2005, Eric Murphy wrote:
>Hey guys I orgionally created my account with a username called greed.
>
>as root I ran chpass and changed my username from a lowercase g to 
>an uppcase G  so its not Greed.
>
>I rebooted and loged in and my prompt still shows me as a lowercase g.
>
>logging in with both a lower case g and uppercaser g works -- and this bugs me
>
>I checked my /etc/password file and it shows both greed's upper and 
>lower case with all the same info..UID's..shell..ect..
>
>
>How can I change this i can only use the uppercase Greed and how can 
>I get it to show this in my prompt..along with not allowing me to 
>log in with a lower case g..

Use vipw and remove the lowercase version from your password file.

-Glenn


>Thakns
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