From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 11 14:32:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gold.sdln.net (gold.sdln.net [204.52.252.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8589F155C1 for ; Wed, 11 Aug 1999 14:32:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cchrstns@sdln.net) Received: from corey (corey.sdln.net [204.52.252.93]) by gold.sdln.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA21210 for ; Wed, 11 Aug 1999 15:32:07 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from cchrstns@sdln.net) Message-ID: <001301bee440$fa803a60$5dfc34cc@sdln.net> From: "Corey A. Christians" To: Subject: master.passwd corruption Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 15:32:13 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0010_01BEE40E.AF68AB20" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01BEE40E.AF68AB20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apparently some of the passwords that are in the master.passwd file are = corrupted When I try to change the password of one of our users this error = appears: passwd: /etc/master.passwd: corrupted entry passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged I tried running vipw and it didn't catch any errors. I also tried pwd_mkdb -c and no errors were discovered I am currently running freebsd 2.8 on a pentium II 233. If you have any insight into this problem please help. Thanks! Corey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Corey Christians | Proaction is nothing more than a reaction to a thousand potential = problems | South Dakota Library Network | Programmer/Analyst | Phone: 605-642-6732 |1200 University, Spearfish, SD, 57799 ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01BEE40E.AF68AB20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Apparently some of the passwords that = are in the=20 master.passwd file are corrupted

When I try to change the password of = one of our=20 users this error appears:

passwd: /etc/master.passwd: corrupted=20 entry
passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged

I tried running vipw and it didn't = catch any=20 errors.

I also tried pwd_mkdb -c and no errors = were=20 discovered

I am currently running freebsd 2.8 on a = pentium II=20 233.

If you have any insight into this = problem please=20 help.

Thanks!

Corey

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