Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 14:38:33 +0800 From: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> To: Michael Porter <ocean@wavefront.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Charlie Root-changing the name Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19971111143833.006a90e0@odyssey.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <34680401.BCD1ADE4@wavefront.com>
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At 01:06 11/11/97 -0600, you wrote:
> I swear I'm tried to find out how to change the "Charlie Root" name
>for quite a while now. I've greped /etc, and it's in a binary (that
>corrupts xterm when greped), but not in anything configurable. I found
>where there's a referent to "Charlie", but changing this doesn't seem to
>help. I also greped the /root directory. Well, it's no big deal, I'm
>tho only one who uses the system, for now, but when I do get another
>phone line to allow it to stay up, I'd like this fixed. I've also
>searched the mail archives, but there's many references to Charlie
>AND Root because of the users named Charlie Root. Can anyone help me?
Yes, the password database is in db format.
Logged in/su'd as root, try:
chfn root
This will let you change the name of the root login to whatever you like.
Saving and Exiting will update/rebuild the password database.
Regards,
d.
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