From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 28 16:31:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA20555 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Oct 1996 16:31:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.brann.org ([207.122.63.57]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA20546 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 1996 16:31:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jbrann@localhost) by freebie.brann.org (8.7.6/8.7.3) id TAA01311; Mon, 28 Oct 1996 19:35:43 -0500 (EST) From: John Brann Message-Id: <199610290035.TAA01311@freebie.brann.org> Subject: Re: Changing user info In-Reply-To: <199610282356.PAA26100@sprynet.com> from W Mark Maynard II at "Oct 28, 96 06:55:40 pm" To: maynardm@poboxes.com Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 19:35:42 -0500 (EST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Organisation: Not while I'm at home X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk W Mark Maynard II wrote... > I recently install FreeBSD 2.1.5, and I am now trying to change the default > set up for the root user (i.e. it is still calling root "Charlie Root", and > still has root using /bin/csh). I have changed the info in /etc/passwd, > however, this did not work. What should I do? > TIA. man (1) chsh or man (8) vipw These two commands allow controlled management of the passwd database - the 'real' version of which is more carefully protected than /etc/passwd. Make sure you use these commands, they will help you to avoid munging your user database. John -- Well, that's like hypnotizing chickens. finger jbrann@brann.org for pgp public key