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Date:      Wed, 6 Sep 2000 18:14:03 +0800 (PHT)
From:      Ronald Rivera <ronald@compass.com.ph>
To:        Arseny Slobodjuck <ampy@crosswinds.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: changing the user name
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.10009061811340.15564-100000@sequoia.compass.com.ph>
In-Reply-To: <1866.000906@crosswinds.net>

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On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Arseny Slobodjuck wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>   What command can I use to change the username which is stored in
>   passwd file after GUID field ? Should I manually edit passwd and
>   master.passwd to do this ?
> 

hi, manually editing the passwd files are NOT recommended. when changing
user names, use the 'pw' command. the command will take care of changing
the password file entries.


hth,

ronald



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