From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 24 14:30:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE63C16A40A for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:30:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john@cruzweb.net) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.200.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9734243D75 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:30:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from john@cruzweb.net) Received: from [192.168.42.11] (c-68-61-214-252.hsd1.mi.comcast.net[68.61.214.252]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2006042414301401200mfluhe>; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:30:24 +0000 Message-ID: <444CE0F7.3070303@cruzweb.net> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:30:15 -0400 From: John Cruz Organization: Cruz Web Development User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <51d7a5160604230303o514d2cabn90179490fc5698f@mail.gmail.com> <20060423094928.2db21ce3.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <51d7a5160604230832n310a9ecdkdb49ea301cf1430d@mail.gmail.com> <51d7a5160604230925l1b60cd28v642b00749850514c@mail.gmail.com> <20060424091417.dbb05a6f.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <444CD688.4000005@gmail.com> <447j5f2h96.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <447j5f2h96.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Changing Default Shell X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: john@cruzweb.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:30:33 -0000 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Something is wrong with the entry already in the password file. > Use vipw to (a) look at it, (b) fix it, and (c) rebuild the database. > > Thanks, that did it! I tried manually editing /etc/passwd before and I guess there's other ways that have to be done to change it. -John