From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 28 13:44:47 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB336106566C for ; Mon, 28 May 2012 13:44:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gh0-f182.google.com (mail-gh0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8D0F8FC0A for ; Mon, 28 May 2012 13:44:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ghbz22 with SMTP id z22so1436104ghb.13 for ; Mon, 28 May 2012 06:44:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=gVJQhVg1Z6tV84/0uAvVKT/uRGE6HPe+PjimZz5tIHg=; b=c341BroLYdEArVg6lk/Ux/0C1jzFuFCMef5pVMLTaWg1THHP8C93nd6nZAKDfNznhG YIrxQj451Bg304Qt3f9bAMuqzlNVVI+AIA6iWi3b5SnTG+xUZVibh4BCuk9XBwSC/3ve 0bc6s7aS9E8pr0uvlGXu9fbeqgZuglHnMTRjM0SrDZkp150LL6iiJ6I+/8QvDt/IhMle arxPeQ8gwHEvzB9pDXcMUEUNO3jslmKi/GIYkU3/QxI4A9XAXwkqVsWb5QsdZ+dXIu6J zAZFg8UgBdLRT66BDBl+2xFcD2SFndeRuPeNR5IUuG6HhSc500HyfVsD+L+EvYUvkIKj yMkA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.179.103 with SMTP id df7mr4488699igc.35.1338212686794; Mon, 28 May 2012 06:44:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.112.4 with HTTP; Mon, 28 May 2012 06:44:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 08:44:46 -0500 Message-ID: From: Antonio Olivares To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: Inappropriate file type or format X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 13:44:48 -0000 Dear folks, Two of three machines updated to xfce4.10 successfully. Now only one refuses to work. I encounter the error above. I have tried numerous approaches already, but none have seemed to work. Error message is as follows: ================================================ Creating user `messagebus' with uid `556' pwd_mkdb: olivares gid is incorrect pwd_mkdb: at line #25 pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: Inappropriate file type or format pw: passwd file update: No such file or directory *** Error code 74 Stop in /usr/ports/devel/dbus. ===>>> Installation of dbus-1.4.12_2 (devel/dbus) failed ===>>> Aborting update ================================================ I have looked into http://forums.freebsd.org/archive/index.php/t-22791.html http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/How-can-I-rescue-my-passwd-file-after-corrupting-it-and-why-does-it-still-work-td3778319.html I have copied the file master.passwd.bak from /var/backups/ into /etc/ and it still does not work. I cannot get around this error. I cleaned up the stuff that I did not remove, now I have no working desktop. Is there a way to fix it via livecd/livedvd, or can I copy it from another machine and resync it? Or do I just flat install FreeBSD again and be done with it? Advice/Comments/Suggestions are appreciated and hopefully I can get back this machine one way or another. Best Regards, Antonio