From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 9 07:40:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6248516A46F for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 07:40:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3F2913C457 for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 07:40:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l597e3Y9077924; Sat, 9 Jun 2007 08:40:05 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk from=m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk; sender-id=permerror; spf=permerror X-SenderID: Sendmail Sender-ID Filter v0.2.14 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk l597e3Y9077924 Message-ID: <466A5953.800@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:40:03 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070521) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eric Dedrick References: <20070609013944.GA77736@vbnm.net> In-Reply-To: <20070609013944.GA77736@vbnm.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:40:16 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.90.3/3389/Sat Jun 9 05:50:46 2007 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_POLICY_SIGNSOME, DKIM_POLICY_TESTING, NO_RELAYS autolearn=no version=3.2.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.0 (2007-05-01) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with "pw" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:40:22 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Eric Dedrick wrote: > I'm having a nuisance problem, especially when I try to update my > ports. I'm using cups as an example, but other ports show the > problem: > > root# pw usershow cups > pw: no such user `cups' > root# pw useradd cups -g cups -u 193 > pw: user 'cups' already exists > > Any idea what the problem is and how to fix it? pwd_mkdb(8) perhaps. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGallT8Mjk52CukIwRCBEcAJ0RtLd9ajpxif2Kn+fPAIew5EZ+RQCfSRws JldcvoXVHpIRqxKgJ6+BBf4= =Zdt7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----