From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 23 23:11:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B69816A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:11:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kane.otenet.gr (kane.otenet.gr [195.170.0.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A7B543D39 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:11:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-b198.otenet.gr [212.205.244.206]) iANNBH7Q016191; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:11:19 +0200 Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iANNBBJr082828; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:11:11 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iANNBBgD082823; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:11:11 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:11:11 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: glen disley Message-ID: <20041123231111.GA80858@gothmog.gr> References: <41A3C230.2020701@telusplanet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41A3C230.2020701@telusplanet.net> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: login screen on 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:11:24 -0000 On 2004-11-23 16:05, glen disley wrote: > I just installed Freebsd5.3. After a long compile process and a few > tweeks of Xorg I was able to get a kdm screen prompt. There are only 2 > users on the system, one bing root and the other me (Glen). What I > don't understand is why on the kdm login screen I see Charlie&root as > administrators and Glen as a user. I'm semi familiar with Linux and my > root login is only root no other names. No one else has access to the > computer other then me and I set it up behind a SMC router with a > built in firewall `Charlie &' is the text that appears in /etc/passwd as the real name of the root' user. Obviously, kdm tries to be ``user-friendly'', showing the real name of the user too, and managed to confuse you. No worries. Ignore it or check to see if a configuration option of kdm can change the default user-display style. Welcome to FreeBSD, BTW :-)