From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 28 18:14:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA15517 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Oct 1996 18:14:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.6.16]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA15379 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 1996 18:11:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from roberte@localhost) by ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA02038; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 03:10:18 +0100 (MET) From: Robert Eckardt Message-Id: <199610290210.DAA02038@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Subject: Re: Changing user info In-Reply-To: <199610282356.PAA26100@sprynet.com> from W Mark Maynard II at "28. Oct. 96 18:52:44" To: maynardm@poboxes.com Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 03:10:17 +0100 (MET) Cc: questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (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 > 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? Use vipw (as for editing any other user) ! Also see vipw(8). Robert -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de