From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 25 20:42:37 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 14B1C16A400 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:42:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from host222.ipowerweb.com (host222.ipowerweb.com [66.235.210.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EAE5213C44C for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:42:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 85854 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2007 20:41:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO demeter.hydra) (24.9.123.251) by host222.ipowerweb.com with SMTP; 25 Apr 2007 20:41:33 -0000 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l3PKgZvK082367 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:42:35 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l3PKgYQB082366 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:42:34 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:42:34 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070425204234.GG81828@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <44b41e4e0704251231x1358b123ma70550e0181d7dcd@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44b41e4e0704251231x1358b123ma70550e0181d7dcd@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Subject: Re: can't add any new users 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: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:42:37 -0000 On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 12:31:54PM -0700, Charlie McElfresh wrote: > Hi, > > I recently upgraded all my machines to 6.2 RELEASE. All my machines except > one work fine. > > On one of my machines, I can log in from the console to the super user > account, but I could not su to my user account. > > So, I backed up all my data, and I deleted my user account. Then, I added > it back with adduser. > > When I look in /etc/passwd and /etc/group, I'm in there. > > When I try to su to my newly created account, I get this message: > > Bad system call (core dumped) > > I tried removing my account with rmuser, then adding it back again -- same > problem. > > Any ideas? That sounds more like a problem with su than with the account. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] "There comes a time in the history of any project when it becomes necessary to shoot the engineers and begin production." - MacUser, November 1990