Administration

CHPASS

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Note that Linux uses CHFN and CHSH to do the same function. Running CHFN or CHSH in any of the BSD flavors merely calls CHPASS.

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chpass is used to modify the user information stored in /etc/master.passwd

chpass [enter] copies the currently logged in users information into a temporary file and opens it with the vi editor. After editing, the changes update /etc/master.passwd

chpass username [enter] does the same thing for user username

chpass heyyou

Look in /etc/shells to see which shells are available.

FreeBSD Root User other than Root Login Password UID [#] GID [# or name] Change [month day year] Expire [month day year] Class Home Directory Shell Full Name Office Location Office Phone Home Phone Other Information Shell Full Name Office Location Office Phone Home Phone Other Information	OpenBSD Root User other than Root Login Encrypted Password UID [#] GID [# or name] Change [month day year] Expire [month day year] Class Home Directory Shell Full Name Office Location Office Phone Home Phone Shell Full Name Office Location Office Phone Home Phone
NetBSD Root User other than Root Login Password UID [#] GID [# or name] Change [month day year] Expire [month day year] Class Home Directory Shell Full Name Location Office Phone Home Phone Shell Full Name Location Office Phone Home Phone

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