Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 14:56:50 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Paje da Oca <root@maloca.oca.org.br> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "passwd" broken on 4.2-RELEASE? Message-ID: <14888.4242.235426.199708@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <80953025@toto.iv>
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Paje da Oca <root@maloca.oca.org.br> types: > After installing (twice!) 4.2-RELEASE, I could not > get the commands "passwd" or "chsh" to work. They > simply "freeze", until interrupted with CTL-C. > > Am I missing something, or those commands are broken? I'd be surprised if they were broken. The binaries you installed may be corrupt on your system, but that's a different problem. With no more information than that, it's hard to suggest anything (unless you've seen this problem before, which I haven't). Try gathering more information. Minimally, typing the status character while they are "frozen" will tell you what they are doing. Compiling and installing versions with the -g flag and without stripping the binary will allow you to use gdb to grab the process and tell you where they are doing it. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Unix/FreeBSD consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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