From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 22 18:48:34 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 916CA16A41C for ; Sun, 22 May 2005 18:48:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AF2343D55 for ; Sun, 22 May 2005 18:48:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0014572DD9; Sun, 22 May 2005 11:48:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F22BF72DD4; Sun, 22 May 2005 11:48:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 11:48:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?= In-Reply-To: <428FA04F.7060708@t-hosting.hu> Message-ID: <20050522114640.R27009@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <428FA04F.7060708@t-hosting.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 forgets some of my users X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 18:48:34 -0000 Stripping -bugs and -current cc; this applies to -stable and isn't in reference to an existing PR. On Sat, 21 May 2005, [ISO-8859-1] K=F6vesd=E1n G=E1bor wrote: > Hello there, > > there is a strange thing.... FreeBSD 5.3 randomly frogets some of my > users. Sometimes I see in the first column of the ps aux output the uid > number instead of the login name, but next when I run it, there is the > login name. Besides, I tried to chown a directory to an existing user, > but the I get an error message, that there wasn't such user. What are you using for user lookups? Are you using nss_ldap or something other than the default 'files' lookup? Can you post the contents of /etc/nsswitch.conf? I'd also check your master.passwd file for any syntax errors or odd characters and then force a rebuild with: pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd as root. > I immediately checked passwd, group and master.passwd files in /etc but > the entry for that user was present there. The pw userdel was unable to > delete that user, so I had to manually remove it from those three files > and create it again. It worked then, but a bit later there was the same > result. I'm quite annoyed now. This state isn't safe enough, I have to > do something to get around with this. Do You have similar experiences? > Or do You now some kinda workaround? > > Cheers, > > G=E1bor K=F6vesd=E1n > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " > --=20 Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org