From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 10 13: 9:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (mta07-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45A5337B420 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 13:09:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from sobek.lan ([62.252.12.253]) by mta05-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with ESMTP id <20020107162346.JNEK10326.mta05-svc.ntlworld.com@sobek.lan>; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:23:46 +0000 Received: (from greid@localhost) by sobek.lan (8.11.5/8.11.5) id g07GNiL74300; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:23:44 GMT (envelope-from greid@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: sobek.lan: greid set sender to greid@FreeBSD.org using -f Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:23:44 +0000 From: George Reid To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can I rename root? Message-ID: <20020107162344.A74200@FreeBSD.org> References: <20011229154552.B855@localhost> <20011230103317.A474@localhost> <20011231154733.A832@localhost> <20011231155709.GA8082@rhadamanth> <20020106234436.A837@localhost> <20020107045736.GC1368@raggedclown.net> <4mpu4m4rq8.u4m@localhost.localdomain> <20020107064602.GA3480@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020107064602.GA3480@raggedclown.net>; from cliff@raggedclown.net on Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 07:46:03AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 07:46:03AM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > It was not ridicule, it was a statement of what would be involved in > such an exercise. If he distrusts the default users that come with the > base system so much then *he* can do the egrep, he can provide the > information for others. > > And as for etiquette, I suggest that etiquette on your part might > involve engaging your brain before opening your mouth. I suggest that as the original poster seems to have received what he considers to be a satisfactory answer to his question there is absolutely no need to cause the thread to degenerate into an off-topic mudslinging match. Thanks. -- George C A Reid Tel: (08701) 200870 Ext. 26654 FreeBSD Committer/Developer greid@FreeBSD.org Oriel College, Oxford University george.reid@oriel.ox.ac.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message