Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 18:44:30 +0100 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Bob Martin <bob@buckhorn.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bad password file after upgrade crash Message-ID: <3AA3D07E.E0487684@i-clue.de> References: <3AA18E5C.797E4CA3@buckhorn.net>
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Bob Martin schrieb: > > While doing a binary upgrade from 3.3-Stable to 4.2-Release, we crashed > (broken pipe) > We restored the system from tape, but now it doesn't recognize any > passwords. > > We've tried blowing away the db files and running pwd_mkdb, to no avail. > Any suggestions would be more than welcome. Check your master.passwd encryption scheme matches the libraries. If the password field reads starts with $1$, it is MD5 encrypted, otherwise, it's DES encrypted. Makle sure your new system has the appropriate libraries. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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