Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:34:02 -0600 (CST) From: Gene Harris <zeus@tetronsoftware.com> To: Tony Johnson <tony@showmaster.com> Cc: "Freebsd-Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Charlie Root Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001271732220.874-100000@tetron02.tetronsoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <5527D19B23BFD3118FBC00E0811068061DC3@piranha.showmaster.com>
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You can edit the root formal name in passwd. On the very first line, you should see: root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh Just change "Charlie &" to whatever you wish. *==============================================* *Gene Harris http://www.tetronsoftware.com* *FreeBSD Novice * *All ORBS.org SMTP connections are denied! * *==============================================* On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Tony Johnson wrote: > Is there a way to change the name of root emails from Charlie Root to > something else. I have a script that emails as root and Charlie Root means > nothing to my users. I wanted to change that to the something meaningful to > my users > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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