Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 10:51:10 -0500 (CDT) From: Calvin Meloon <calvin@corp.gulf.net> To: Brendan Kosowski - System Administrator <root@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980423104844.24676K-100000@marlin.corp.gulf.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980424011745.991A-100000@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net>
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> 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.
As root, try chfn. Make sure you have the right path set up for 'sh'.
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> 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 ?
This should be normal for the /etc/passwd file. Check your
/etc/master.passwd file, and you should see the encrypted passwords.
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