Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 18:09:57 +0200 From: Axel Scheepers <axel@axel.truedestiny.net> To: Henry smith <getzz11@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: repair password? Message-ID: <20020421180957.F82499@mars.thuis> In-Reply-To: <20020421095046.51757.qmail@web21107.mail.yahoo.com>; from getzz11@yahoo.com on Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 02:50:46AM -0700 References: <20020421095046.51757.qmail@web21107.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 02:50:46AM -0700, Henry smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My password database is mess up. I start the server
> using single user, but I can't change the root
> password.
>
> #passwd
> passwd: unknown user root
> #passwd test
> pwd_mkdb: /etc/pwd.db.tmp: Inappropriate file type or
> format.
>
> Anybody know how to resolve this problem?
>
> Thank you.
Hi,
You could try to edit /etc/master.passwd by hand to fix the errors, then
rebuild the passwd db using the pwd_mkdb command.
You can use the -C option to check if you've edited it right:
#man pwd_mkdb
...
-C Check if the password file is in the correct format. Do not
change, add, or remove any files.
...
>
>
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Gr,
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Axel Scheepers
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