Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 10:31:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.magicnet.net> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't change user's password Message-ID: <199905191431.KAA00446@bilver.magicnet.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19990519161751.02f235d4@nocnoc.mcnet.ch> from Benoit Rossier at "May 19, 1999 4:17:51 pm"
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Benoit Rossier recently said: > >Check the passwd file with "pwd_mkdb -C /etc/master.passwd". > > > I have checked the passwd file with this command and there is no > errors. It looks like a bug because the user who I can't change > the password can do a login and use his mailbox and ftp. > If I cut and paste the same line at the beginning of the master.passwd > file, I can change the password !! Ooh. Sometimes cut and paste can get you. Just a SWAG here, but check the entry or entries just before the non-login-able user. I've seen systems where blanks in password files kill you, as the system will think there is no further data past a certain entry. You didn't say how many people you have in the file, so maybe you hit up against a size limit, but I doubt that. -- bv@wjv.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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