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Date:      Thu, 4 Oct 2001 18:40:42 -0700
From:      "Paul W Long" <paul@longs.org>
To:        "Luigi Rizzo" <rizzo@aciri.org>
Cc:        <small@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: root password
Message-ID:  <00c501c14d3e$f022ad00$0200a8c0@longs>
References:  <200110042113.f94LDmU46526@iguana.aciri.org>

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> > I understand that the default root password for the bridge build is
setup
> > and that I should change it by editing
> > /usr/src/release/picobsd/bridge/floppy.tree/etc/master.passwd. But what
I
> > don't know is, and my newbie-ness is really showing here, how does one
edit
> > master.passwd? I tried pw -V
> > /usr/src/release/picobsd/bridge/floppy.tree/etc/ useradd -n root -u 0 -d
> > /root -w random Will this do the trick? Pointers? Appropriate man pages?
> > Regards,
>
> the easiest way is to update the entry in the default master.passwd with a
> line from your master.passwd
>
> luigi

Of course. Thanks
-pwl


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