Re: how to change the name of root?

2003-11-19 Thread Jean-Baptiste Quenot
* [EMAIL PROTECTED]: When I get admin emails from my remote boxes, or send messages from them, they are from root or charlie root. How do I change this? I would use vipw(1) to edit the password database. -- Jean-Baptiste Quenot http://caraldi.com/jbq/ pgp0.pgp Description: PGP

Re: how to change the name of root?

2003-11-19 Thread Julien Gabel
When I get admin emails from my remote boxes, or send messages from them, they are from root or charlie root. How do I change this? I would use vipw(1) to edit the password database. Or you can use the pw(8) command this way : # pw user mod -n root -c WhatYouWant -- -jg.

Re: how to change the name of root?

2003-11-14 Thread Shantanoo Mahajan
+++ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [13-11-03 14:41 -0800]: | When I get admin emails from my remote boxes, or send messages from them, | they are from root or charlie root. How do I change this? | | -- | Chip | | -- chsh Regards, Shantanoo

how to change the name of root?

2003-11-13 Thread chip . wiegand
When I get admin emails from my remote boxes, or send messages from them, they are from root or charlie root. How do I change this? -- Chip ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

Re: how to change the name of root?

2003-11-13 Thread Mike Maltese
When I get admin emails from my remote boxes, or send messages from them, they are from root or charlie root. How do I change this? chpass will open up your default editor and allow you to change the Full Name of the account. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to change the name of root?

2003-11-13 Thread Kent Stewart
On Thursday 13 November 2003 02:41 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I get admin emails from my remote boxes, or send messages from them, they are from root or charlie root. How do I change this? Did you try changing the name in the passwd files? Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA