Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:01:03 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: mexas@bris.ac.uk Cc: FreeBSD - <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cannot change password for an ordinary user Message-ID: <14E19429-3B94-4DF4-8246-053729D6E14B@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <201704132135.v3DLZgS2008709@mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <201704132135.v3DLZgS2008709@mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Apr 13, 2017, at 2:35 PM, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bris.ac.uk> = wrote: > [ ... ] > I decided to check first, and got: >=20 > # pwd_mkdb -C /etc/passwd > pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry > pwd_mkdb: at line #3 > pwd_mkdb: /etc/passwd: Inappropriate file type or format >=20 >=20 > Should I be worried? Yes. Run vipw and fix line 3. > And how can change my ordinary user's password? >=20 > I can change the root password fine, tried and checked. root is usually the first entry; it's likely that fixing line 3 will let = you change the user's password. Regards. --=20 -Chuck=
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