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Subject: Re: How to modify an existing user's setting?
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On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Ilia Chipitsine wrote:

> 1. 'man chpass'
> 2. 'man vipw'
> 
> you can also delete 'root' user, login as 'toor' user and add 'root' user 
> again :-)
> 

I can not delete the root user by rmuser.  So I delete root by vipw.
After that, I exit and try to login in as toor.  But this time no matter
whatever passwd I try, it won't log me in (I tries the old root password
or simple press enter at the passwd prompt).  The passwd field for toor is
a * if you see it by vipw.

Any idea?

-Zhihui



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