From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 14 22:55:31 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D09416A4CE for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:55:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B09B443D54 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:55:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from louis.harvey@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id j1so744945rnf for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:55:29 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=JDghjGvScyKHeWd4XED9MZ6ZuhQt6RqjK6C4tS1XA1Ea0rd0d9QKswQQFEW+McXvwrwGmlWbc8Bok7N4627Uc65Ws2wmQx/jZkyDJPekQLkQneePz2UXT/WD0tfcJIb1IHwgvkvH74T6xElKlX14By6p6M3sIyvMtX2X5RLDgTc= Received: by 10.38.209.27 with SMTP id h27mr92863rng; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:55:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.79.76 with HTTP; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:55:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <91984ed405021414552e49c7f9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:55:29 -0500 From: Louis Harvey To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, louis.harvey@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <91984ed40502121328282be4a2@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <91984ed40502121328282be4a2@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:52:16 +0000 Subject: Problem SOLVED - Fwd: FreeBSD5.2.1 - adduser pw: user 'user' disappeared during update X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Louis Harvey List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:55:31 -0000 My problem was resolved with the help of Joseph Koshy. Essentially, command: pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd to generate a new /etc/passwd file subsequently allowed me to use program adduser successfully. I then added /usr/sbin to the path of user root, and could remove some wrong entries that were in my master.passwd file (with program rmuser ). Thanks a lot to Mr Joseph Koshy Louis Harvey ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Louis Harvey Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:28:48 -0500 Subject: FreeBSD5.2.1 - adduser pw: user 'user' disappeared during update To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Hello ! For the first time after installing FreeBSD 5.2.1, I am trying to add a new user, but without success so far. I have tried many times (as root), with /usr/sbin/adduser and also with /stand/sysinstall > Configure > User Management > User (Add a new user to the system), but the operation seems fo fail at the end, when I give the final YES. I get the following error message: pw: user 'user' disappeared during update I have checked on the Web giving the error message as input to google, but got only one highly pertinent message. In the end, the guy says he re-installed FreeBSD, wihich I cannot do right now. I checked with the command vipw, and emacs shows the lines corresponding to the users I attempted to create along with the other users I created at install time. There is no subdir under /home for my attempts at creating those users, nor can I log into the system with those users. Please, could someone help me with this message? Salutations, Louis Harvey