From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 11 00:16:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA07236 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 00:16:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA07227 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 00:16:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id CAA02415; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 02:16:21 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 02:16:21 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Peter Philipp cc: Michael Porter , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Charlie Root-changing the name In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Peter Philipp wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Michael Porter 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 > > man vipw Although, for a project of this magnitude, you might just be better off doing: # chpass root It's a little more explanatory. > > Peter > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I am a supporter of the anti-spam campaign. > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*