Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 09:09:49 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: zhihuizhang <bf20761@binghamton.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to modify an existing user's setting? Message-ID: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9904230907380.20125-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.L3.93.990422140636.28167C-100000@bingsun1>
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On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, zhihuizhang wrote:
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> 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.
Why the heck would you want to delete the `root' user for? Your only
option now is to hit the reset key and reboot into single-user mode,
and put the root user back in.
If all you wanted was to change the root's shell, all you needed to do
was to invoke vipw/chsh and change the shell.
Jonathan Chen
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