Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:41:29 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with recent stable Message-ID: <20021122133113.I52235-100000@fubar.adept.org> In-Reply-To: <20021122174811.GA49120@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
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On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Daniel Lang wrote:
> #7 0x2811a2d6 in getpwuid () from /usr/lib/libc.so.4
Maybe this is a clue?
> atleo3:~#pwd_mkdb -C /etc/passwd
> pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry
> pwd_mkdb: at line #3
> pwd_mkdb: /etc/passwd: Inappropriate file type or format
FWIW, this isn't new,
root@mojo{etc}# pwd_mkdb -C /etc/passwd
pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry
pwd_mkdb: at line #3
pwd_mkdb: /etc/passwd: Inappropriate file type or format
root@mojo{etc}# pwd_mkdb -C /etc/master.passwd
root@mojo{etc}# uname -a
FreeBSD mojo.televoke.net 4.7-STABLE FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE #2: Mon Nov 18
15:27:10 PST 2002 mike@mojo.televoke.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MOJO
i386
I believe pwd_mkdb is meant to source master.passwd. That is, it checks
the format according to FreeBSD's master.passwd syntax, not SVR7's passwd
(from the man page).
> And 'vipw' seems to work without errors. But of course, I cannot
> verfify the contents of the .db files.
Have you tried invoking vipw, then doing wq or making a small edit and
saving... Effectively recreating the .db files?
> So this was build just today.
I'm upgrading my workstation from a cvsup a few minutes ago, we'll see
what happens.
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