From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 13 23:52:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA27567 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 23:52:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA27560 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 23:52:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: from localhost (spork@localhost) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA29510; Tue, 14 Oct 1997 06:49:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 06:49:50 -0400 (EDT) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: "Todd 'Taco' Hansen" cc: benedict@echonyc.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dwhite stumped In-Reply-To: <344253EF.345BF651@mad.scientist.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 > > Reply-To: Doug White > > To: "K. Marsh" > > 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 >