Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:38:16 GMT From: majid@ibroadcast.com To: Gene Harris <zeus@tetronsoftware.com>, Tony Johnson <tony@showmaster.com>, "Freebsd-Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Charlie Root Message-ID: <200001272338.PAA97456@ns1.ibroadcast.net>
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That would not take care of it. You nees to use vipw so the password database file gets updated accordingly. Majid Almassari, MSEE, MCP. Systems Administrator. iBroadcast, Inc. http://www.ibroadcast.com > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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