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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 01:18:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: "K. Marsh" <durang@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: spwd.db error messages
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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