Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 12:28:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?= <gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 forgets some of my users Message-ID: <20050522122739.M27009@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <4290D885.6000600@t-hosting.hu> References: <428FA04F.7060708@t-hosting.hu> <20050522114640.R27009@carver.gumbysoft.com> <4290D885.6000600@t-hosting.hu>
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On Sun, 22 May 2005, [ISO-8859-1] K=F6vesd=E1n G=E1bor wrote: > Thanks for your suggestion. I use 'files' lookup. As You wrote I checked > the syntax with pwd_mkdb -C /etc/passwd' and it returned nothing. Then I > did a rebuild with -p, and now it seems to be okay, the two accounts > that had gone away are working now. Okay, perhaps the password database files had become corrupted. > > Anyway I haven't changed the nsswitch.conf, I have the default one: > > root@server# less /etc/nsswitch.conf > group: compat > group_compat: nis > hosts: files dns > networks: files > passwd: compat > passwd_compat: nis > shells: files Looks right. A database problem would make sense. > > Cheers, > > G=E1bor K=F6vesd=E1n > > > >What are you using for user lookups? Are you using nss_ldap or somethin= g > >other than the default 'files' lookup? Can you post the contents of > >/etc/nsswitch.conf? > > > >I'd also check your master.passwd file for any syntax errors or odd > >characters and then force a rebuild with: > > > >pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd > > > >as root. > > > > > > > --=20 Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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