Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 15:38:05 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: n dhert <ndhertbsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User can't login but /etc/(master.)passwd OK Message-ID: <20120509153805.5c364b3c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAEFCw4s-SgXe4mmqGACFE6N9JUvANc019hji-dnG=h%2Bx_tDSdQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEFCw4s-SgXe4mmqGACFE6N9JUvANc019hji-dnG=h%2Bx_tDSdQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 9 May 2012 14:04:35 +0200, n dhert wrote: > the entries for 'THATUSER in /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd are still > the same as from a backup > of 14 days ago (no change in encrypted passwd) > The /etc/pwd.db and /etc/spwd.db are binary files so I can't check.. You can easily rebuild them from the text files using pwd_mkdb. Is /ect/group also okay? > The home-directory of THATUSER is still present and contents looks normal .. Does the home directory itself (the "path leading to it") also look correct (owner & permissions)? > All users have quota, but for this particular user: > # quota -v THATUSER > responds > quota: THATUSER: unknown user > # edquota -u THATUSER > edquota: THATUSER: no such user > # repquota /home does not show that user anymore Maybe a side effect? Can you provide more error messages maybe? Does /var/log/messages or /var/log/auth.log show something relevant when the user in question attempts an login? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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