Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 10:02:19 -0800 (PST) From: Keith Woodworth <kwoody@citytel.net> To: jon@abccomm.com Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Passwd file oddity. Message-ID: <20050304095845.V68169@pop.citytel.net> In-Reply-To: <8eea040805030409589eee577@mail.gmail.com> References: <20050304091846.G68169@pop.citytel.net> <8eea040805030409589eee577@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Jon Simola wrote: |->> having a problem on this new machine, though that should not be an issue |->> as far as I can tell. |-> |->man pwd_mkdb |-> |->You need to rebuild the binary DB password files. No authentication is |->done against the plaintext versions, they are mainly sourced for the |->DB versions. |-> |->Another less intensive option is to run 'vipw' and make a small change |->(add another o to "Charlie Root" for example) and vipw will recompile |->them for you. Yea I know...I had a major lapse in memory on that one. I dont know how or why I managed to miss that step. Just colour me embarrassed by such a rookie mistake and I'll now go crawl back into my corner....<shaking head, feeling like a dumbass for posting such a lame question, when I knew the answer all along>
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