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> > Can someone please set me straight?
>=20
> chpass -a "toor::0:0::0:0:Nobody Important:/root:/sbin/nologin" toor

Ahaaa!  The quotes!  Thank you!

> Note, however, that you're setting the password for this user=20
> to a null
> password, allowing any local user in wheel to "su -m toor" if you have
> added /sbin/nologin to /etc/shells.

Understood, if I wanted to keep the same password.....wait a
minute....what is the default password for toor?

If I wanted to insert a new password, I'd have to use crypt, and paste
the encrypted password into the proper field, correct?

Proper syntax?  Crypt newpassword...?
I read the crypt/enigma man page and did:
# crypt newpassword
(Nothing............................................)
^C
#