From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 9 07:13:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA17373 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 07:13:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dns.webwizard.net.mx (mexcom.net.mx [207.249.162.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA17356 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 07:12:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rafareta@mexcom.net.mx) Received: from mexcom.net.mx (rafa.nix.mexcom.net [206.103.64.101]) by dns.webwizard.net.mx (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA03224; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:10:32 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <35A4CF5F.9BBD9E9B@mexcom.net.mx> Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 09:10:39 -0500 From: "Rafael A. Reta Rodriguez" Organization: MexCom.Net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD sunix3.0.1 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Pavel V. Antipov" CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: About passwd e.t.c. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Pavel V. Antipov wrote: > Hi ! > > I added a mail-user to FreeBSD 2.2.5 with shell /sbin/nologin . > Mail service work properly but I cannot change shell for this mail-user. > I manualy wrote new shell program into /etc/passwd AND /etc/master.passwd > but shell (after rebooting) was not choose. > > Questions: > 1. Why I can't change shell program ? > 2. Why can I change shell program ? > 3. How can I change password for that mail-user (user need it)? > Use chpass or vipw. FreeBSD dont look directly to the /etc/passwd but the masster.passwd which is automaticly modifyed by this programs. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message