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Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 19:00:20 -0500
From: Ken Dibble <kdibble AT alltel DOT net>
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I just edited the appropriate fields in /etc/passwd. (first field and 
next to last field)

Ken

George wrote:

> Could someone enlighten me as to how to go about changing the defaults?
> Ideally, I'd like to be able to change the location of  $HOME 
> altogether, but more importantly my $USERNAME contains an unfortunate 
> space and is causing me some grief.
>
> Thanks.
>


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