Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 22:32:36 -0500 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to change the root user's name on FreeBSD 6.1 running postfix Message-ID: <200608192232.36564.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <0a9001c6c406$e113b1d0$6600a8c0@w2k2> References: <0a9001c6c406$e113b1d0$6600a8c0@w2k2>
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On Saturday 19 August 2006 22:15, Paul Hamilton wrote: > Hi, > > I am running postfix on FreeBSD 4.11 and 6.1 servers. > > In FreeBSD 4.11, you can run 'chsh root' and edit the name to what you > want. However, on my FreeBSD 6.1 servers, I still receive email addressed > from 'root unix'. I would like to be able to differentiate the root mail > according to server the mail came from :-) > > Any idea's? > > > > Regards, > > Paul Hamilton > Busselton, 6280 > Australia > i do exactly that, by editing /etc/master.passwd and /etc/passwd. substitute in the name you would like to appear, and then run 'pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd. cheers, jonathan
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