Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:25:29 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: deleted /etc/login.conf.db Message-ID: <20150225182529.5f3814d2.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAFKhKgrf6mv_0DDRQ2LT9v0T=qFOa%2BgoBAkg1rsmZ7e8NAU5Bw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFKhKgrf6mv_0DDRQ2LT9v0T=qFOa%2BgoBAkg1rsmZ7e8NAU5Bw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:20:55 -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: > I accidentally deleted /etc/login.conf.db on one of my computers. > > 1. How bad have I messed up? Not much. :-) > 2. Is it something the system will recreate automatically? Probably not. > 3. Are there steps that I need to take to recreate it? That's simple: "cap_mkdb -f /etc/login.conf.db /etc/login.conf". See "man cap_mkdb" for details. Simple solutions for simple mistakes. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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