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Date:      Tue, 14 Oct 1997 06:49:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:      spork <spork@super-g.com>
To:        "Todd 'Taco' Hansen" <taco@mad.scientist.com>
Cc:        benedict@echonyc.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dwhite stumped
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971014064834.28780A-100000@super-g.inch.com>
In-Reply-To: <344253EF.345BF651@mad.scientist.com>

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Ditto with 4.03b8, but just once, and it was fixed with a rebuild...

Bizarre message to see on the console when starting your browser.

Charles

On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, Todd 'Taco' Hansen wrote:

> I get that error when I accidentally start two copies of netscape as the
> same user. Other times too but all were netscape related. You could
> alwyas remake the pwd db mkpwd? I think it helped once.
> 	-taco
> 
> 
> Snob Art Genre wrote:
> > 
> > I, too, have been seeing this.  Does anyone know?
> > 
> >  Ben
> > 
> > "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
> > 
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > 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>
> > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> > Subject: Re: spwd.db error messages
> > 
> > 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
> 
> 
> -- 
> Todd Hansen, KD6YPS (Taco)
> taco@mad.scientist.com
> http://millenium.atcg.com/
> 
> "Whenever any form of government becomes destructive...it is the right
> of the people to alter or to abolish it"  - Declaration Of Independence
> 




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