From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 8 13:22:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA11705 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 13:22:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz (pinsoft.internet.co.nz [202.37.141.181]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA11698 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 13:22:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.2]) by kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id KAA02146; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 10:21:41 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 10:21:40 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen To: Jerry Raynor cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Charlie Root ?? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Jerry Raynor wrote: > This maybe a stupid question but I really don't want to mess-up the root > access by doing anything wrong. > > How do I change the user's "name" (root) from Charlie Root to whatever? Log in as root on the console. Run: chsh Change the appropriate field. Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began to suspect 'Hungry' ..." - Gary Larson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message