newbie needs pwd guru

newbie needs pwd guru

Post by rich » Thu, 11 May 2000 04:00:00



freebsd 3.0 password file error
I see nothing wrong in the passwd file. how do I fix this?
I remove all entries from the passwd file except for the root login.
ran pwd_mkdb I still get this error.

passwd: updating the database...
pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry
pwd_mkdb: at line #2
pwd_mkdb: /etc/pw.C20342: Inappropriate file type or format
passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged

It appears the file format is wrong. I see via the man that there is
another file type or format that can be used.

1. Where do I find out which password db is used for login?
2. what would be the pwd_mkdb command entry to use this other format?

Richard

 
 
 

1. newbie needs pwd guru

freebsd 3.0 password file error
I see nothing wrong in the passwd file. how do I fix this?
I remove all entries from the passwd file except for the root login.
ran pwd_mkdb I still get this error.

passwd: updating the database...
pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry
pwd_mkdb: at line #2
pwd_mkdb: /etc/pw.C20342: Inappropriate file type or format
passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged

It appears the file format is wrong. I see via the man that there is
another file type or format that can be used.

1. Where do I find out which password db is used for login?
2. what would be the pwd_mkdb command entry to use this other format?

Richard

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