Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 22:30:13 -0500 From: Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading 5.2.1 to 5.3R2 (Maybe a problem adding a user) Message-ID: <418850C5.4060203@trini0.org> In-Reply-To: <41883BFF.5040000@trini0.org> References: <41883BFF.5040000@trini0.org>
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Gerard Samuel wrote: > Ok, so I upgraded, ran mergemaster, and merged /etc/group (and > /etc/master.passwd I think) via mergemaster. > I merged those files to retain my non root user account. > I rebooted, and I haven't been able to log into my non root account. > I tried to readd the account via adduser, but it says that the user > already exists. > So I tried rmuser, and it says that the user doesn't exist. > So I manually removed the account name from /etc/group, > /etc/master.passwd, /etc/passwd, > and tried to add the user, via adduser. > When it tries to add the user, it fails (dont remember the message > right now). I tried adding another account on the box, and the Im getting the same error... This time I got the error message from adduser ---- OK? (yes/no): yes pw: user 'test' disappeared during update adduser: ERROR: There was an error adding user (test). Add another user? (yes/no): no ---- > Anyone has any suggestions on how I can get the old user account back?? > N.B. I did back up /etc before mergemaster... > Thanks
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