> I tried the way descibed in the NetBSD-Amiga FAQ, ie: vipw then chpass,
> but it messed up my password system: I was unable to login as root, 
> and have had to re-install NetBSD!!!

 This is the correct and official way. "man adduser" helps you to
do so.

 Another way is to install the package "addnerd".

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Markus Illenseer
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