From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 24 11:13: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.ibroadcast.net (ns1.ibroadcast.net [216.145.30.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B995815903 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:12:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from majid@ibroadcast.net) Received: from darthmaul (darthmaul.ibroadcast.net [216.145.29.142]) by ns1.ibroadcast.net (8.9.3/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA81663; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:11:10 -0800 (PST) X-Intended-For: questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <042201bf669e$af7e2910$8e1d91d8@ibroadcast.net> From: "Majid Almassari" To: Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" References: <388C9AA9.7A66@worldy.com> Subject: Re: Where is Charlie Root? Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:10:32 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What you probably need to do is use vipw so it updates pwd.db accordingly. Replace Charlie & with your name. Hope that helps. -- Majid Almassari, MSEE, MCP. Systems Administrator iBroadcast, Inc. Phone: (206) 223-5540 Email: majid@ibroadcast.net http://www.ibroadcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: David Banning To: Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 10:32 AM Subject: Where is Charlie Root? > When I mail from root the sender name is Chalie Root. > But that is not my name! > I changed to my name in /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd > I also looked in /etc/sendmail.cf and /etc/aliases > I rebooted - can you tell me where this guy's name is stored? > > ALSO: > My sender address from root not shows as root@mymachine when > I want it to be myname@myinternetprovider.com > Can you tell me how to change it? > > Thanks to all - Dave Banning - tracker@worldy.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message