Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 09:18:34 -0400 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "dayo" <dogunso@igi-insurers.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: unable to add users Message-ID: <008c01c158a0$8e6f6040$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <000e01c1587a$99994e20$8100a8c0@nigol.net.ng>
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Check fhe contents of /etc/master.passwd. It should be exactly the same as
/etc/passwd except that there are passwords in the second field instead of
asterisks.
Also, check to make sure that root line looks like this:
root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/sh
If there are not zeros in the 3rd or 4th field, than someone has been
mucking with your system, and you've probably been hacked.
--
Matt Emmerton
----- Original Message -----
From: "dayo" <dogunso@igi-insurers.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 4:46 AM
Subject: unable to add users
Hi there,
I have FreeBSD running on our mail server. But for few days now, I was
unable to add more users to the server anytime I use the "adduser" command.
The message I always received is
"pwd_mkdb:root uid should be 0
pwd_mkdb:at line #337
pwd_mkdb:/etc/master.passwd:Inappropriate file type or format
Kindly let me know how I can resolve this problem. You can reach me through
this email address dogunso@igi-insurers.com or emmanuayo@yahoo.com.
Thanks
Dayo
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