Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 09:24:44 -0400 From: Mark Conway Wirt <mark@intrepid.net> To: Benoit Rossier <Benoit.Rossier@mcnet.ch>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't change user's password Message-ID: <19990519092444.A981@intrepid.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19990519095918.00a10f08@nocnoc.mcnet.ch>; from Benoit Rossier on Wed, May 19, 1999 at 09:59:18AM %2B0200 References: <3.0.1.32.19990519095918.00a10f08@nocnoc.mcnet.ch>
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On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 09:59:18AM +0200, Benoit Rossier wrote: > Hello, > > We can't change the password for some users. passwd says: > > root@myserver:~>passwd conseisw > Changing local password for conseisw. > New password: > Retype new password: > passwd: /etc/master.passwd: corrupted entry > passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged > root@myserver:~> > > This problem appears only with the last (maybe 200) users in master.passwd Go into master.passwd with your favorite editor and find the line that's giving you problems. Then rebuild the hashed database and the /etc/passwd file with pwd_mkdb(8). --Mark -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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