From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 13 10:02:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA06853 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 10:02:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from rh173-26.reshall.ucsd.edu (rh173-26.reshall.ucsd.edu [128.54.173.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA06845 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 10:02:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from taco@mad.scientist.com) Received: from jaguar.atcg.com (localhost.ucsd.EDU [127.0.0.1]) by rh173-26.reshall.ucsd.edu (8.8.5/8.8.3) with SMTP id KAA28730; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 10:01:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <344253EF.345BF651@mad.scientist.com> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 10:01:35 -0700 From: "Todd 'Taco' Hansen" X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: benedict@echonyc.com CC: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dwhite stumped References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I get that error when I accidentally start two copies of netscape as the same user. Other times too but all were netscape related. You could alwyas remake the pwd db mkpwd? I think it helped once. -taco Snob Art Genre wrote: > > I, too, have been seeing this. Does anyone know? > > Ben > > "You have your mind on computers, it seems." > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 01:18:15 -0700 (PDT) > From: Doug White > Reply-To: Doug White > To: "K. Marsh" > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: spwd.db error messages > > On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, K. Marsh wrote: > > > I've been getting an error message ever since I installed FreeBSD, and I > > still haven't figured out where it's coming from. I must admit, it seems > > obvious. Any help is greatly appreciated. > > > > Here's the message: > > Oct 4 13:05:08 ken2 syslog: /etc/spwd.db: Invalid argument > > If you figure it out, tell me. My 2.2.1 box booted it out last month. > > I don't think it's related to syslog. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major -- Todd Hansen, KD6YPS (Taco) taco@mad.scientist.com http://millenium.atcg.com/ "Whenever any form of government becomes destructive...it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it" - Declaration Of Independence