From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 3 23:44:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09A6916A4CE for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 23:44:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.vjs.org (achilles.vjs.org [209.163.107.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9156543D1D for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 23:44:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vince@vjs.org) Received: from [68.24.1.250] (209.163.107.229) by mail.vjs.org with ESMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 3.1.4) for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 02:43:23 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Eudora 8.0b19 for Cray SV-2 (beta release), unregistered Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 02:43:16 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Vince Sabio Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: Cannot Add User X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 07:44:09 -0000 I just installed a v5.1 single-boot system from CD. So far, the only changes I've made from the initial installation were to configure sshd, set the system security level to "moderate" (from "high"), and set the system clock; other than that, it's a "clean" installation. I'm now trying to install Postfix, and the problem I'm running into is that I cannot create new user accounts. I created several user accounts during installation, and they seem to be fine. But when I [manually] create entries in /etc/passwd, master.passwd, and group, the entries are 'ignored' -- e.g., a "chown [newuser] [filename]" command fails, attempts to su from root into the user account fail, etc. When I try to create the user via adduser (using the standard defaults), the account creation step fails with the following error: pw: user '[newuser]' disappeared during update Again, attempts to 'access' the user (i.e., chmod, etc.) will fail. Interestingly, though, if I try to re-create the user, adduser tells me that the user already exists -- and a check of the relevant files confirms that the entries are there. I've looked around for a solution to this problem, but haven't found one, so here I am. FYI, the system security level was set to "high" during installation, and was then reset to "moderate" after installation, as this system is intended to be used as a server (and "high" was too restrictive; I couldn't even [find a way to] set the system time correctly). Appreciate the assistance.... -- __________________________________________________________________________ Vince Sabio vince@vjs.org