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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 21:12:56 -0800 (PST)
From: Henry smith <getzz11@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: 4.5-PRE crash!
To: Karsten Patzwaldt <karsten@gate5.de>
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what should be the options of 'pwd_mkdb'.

I tried pwd_mkdb /etc/pwd.db , but it said:

pwd_mkdb: /etc/pwd.db.tmp: Inappropriate file type or
format.

Thank you.

--- Karsten Patzwaldt <karsten@gate5.de> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 08:45:46PM -0800, Henry
> smith wrote:
> > I just upgraded from FreBSD4.3-RELEASE to
> > FreeBSD4.5-PRE
> > 
> > When I try to login, there was an error:
> > 
> > Login: root
> > /etc/spwd.db: Inappropriate file type or format
> > 
> > Anybody know what should I do to fix this problem
> ?
> 
> Always run mergemaster after upgrading. Looks like
> the format of /etc/spwd.db
> has changed.
> 
> For this specific problem, running pwd_mkdb should
> suffice.
> 
> 	Karsten


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