From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 26 17:48:17 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id RAA03673 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 26 Apr 1995 17:48:17 -0700 Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id RAA03665 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 1995 17:48:15 -0700 Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA28749; Thu, 27 Apr 95 00:47:48 GMT Received: from junco.fsl.noaa.gov by yarmouth.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA15835; Wed, 26 Apr 1995 20:48:11 -0400 Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 20:48:11 -0400 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Message-Id: <9504270048.AA15835@yarmouth.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by junco.fsl.noaa.gov (1.37.109.16/SMI-4.1 (1.37.109.16)) id AA259703691; Wed, 26 Apr 1995 18:48:11 -0600 To: steve@cioeserv.cioe.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199504262231.RAA01141@cioeserv.cioe.com> (steve@cioeserv.cioe.com) Subject: Re: chfn configurable? Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Steve" == steve writes: Steve> Right now a user seems to be limited to shell, location, Steve> home phone and work phone. I'd like to also allow changing Steve> of some other fields. Like what? User id? I'd change mine to the value of some other user and read his/her files---or to zero and be root. Group id? Same problem. Password expiration? Might be nice, but not recommended. If security really isn't a problem, you could hack the chfn source or write your own extended passwd entry editor. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA Twitch a lot. -- One of 120 ways to annoy your roommate.