From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 29 04:00:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA21368 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 04:00:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (root@buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA21361 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 04:00:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from buffnet1.buffnet.net (mmdf@buffnet1.buffnet.net [205.246.19.10]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id HAA19340 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 07:02:35 GMT Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net by buffnet1.buffnet.net id aa27213; 29 Oct 96 7:05 EST Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 07:05:39 -0500 (EST) From: Steve To: W Mark Maynard II cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing user info In-Reply-To: <199610282356.PAA26100@sprynet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, 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. The command is chpass