Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 18:23:03 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot Login After Using Kuser to setup Accounts Message-ID: <20040519181956.62A5.GERARD-SEIBERT@rcn.com> In-Reply-To: <20040519190052.C2D3816A4D3@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20040519190052.C2D3816A4D3@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Wednesday, May 19, 2004 3:00:52 PM Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk wrote: |>Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 16:22:19 +0100 |>From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> |>Subject: Re: Cannot Login After Using Kuser to setup Accounts |>To: Mark Teel <mark@teel.ws> |>Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org |>Message-ID: |> <20040519152218.GB83685@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> |>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" |> |>On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 09:23:24AM -0500, Mark Teel wrote: |>> On a fresh install of FreeBSD 5.2, after I add a user via kuser, when I |>> logout I cannot log back in! |>> I get a message stating that the "accound" has expired, even for the |>> root user. |>> |>> Please help as this has rendered my system unusable. |> |>Hmmm... This sounds like a bug in KDE that was fixed some months ago. |>It would scramble the contents of the /etc/master.passwd file. |> |>To get the system back into a working state, reboot into single user |>mode (ie. wait until the 10 second countdown before booting the |>kernel, hit a key to interrupt and then type 'boot -s' and then just |>hit return when prompted to choose a shell. |> |>Now you should be able to restore the master.passwd file from the |>backup copy automatically kept in /var/backups. Try the following |>series of commands: |> |> # fsck -p |> # swapon -a |> # mount -a |> # cd /etc |> # mv master.passwd master.passwd-`date +%Y%m%d` |> # cp /var/backups/master.passwd.bak master.passwd |> # pwd_mkdb |> # reboot |> |>That should restore the password file to the state it was before you |>tried the changes that caused all of the trouble, and you should now |>be able to log in. If you haven't got a good copy of a password file |>in /var/backups, you can use the default installation password file |>from /usr/src/etc/master.passwd instead, but remember to set a root |>password immediately after you copy it into /etc. |> |>Once you're back up and running properly, update your ports tree using |>cvsup(1) and install the latest versions of the KDE software -- using |>portupgrade(1) [from the sysutils/portupgrade port] is probably the |>most pleasant way to do that, but be sure and check in |>/usr/ports/UPDATING to see if there are any special measures you need |>to take. Or you can grab precompiled packages from the FreeBSD FTP |>servers. |> |> Cheers, |> |> Matthew |> |>-- |>Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks |> Savill Way ********** Reply Separator ********** Wednesday, May 19, 2004 6:19:56 PM I had the exact same problem recently. I reported it as a bug to KDE. That bug report is still open as far as I can tell. It appears to be a randomly occurring phenomena. Gerard Seibert gerard-seibert@rcn.comhelp
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