From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Apr 14 00:01:10 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C82E7D3C539 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:01:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-in5.apple.com (mail-out5.apple.com [17.151.62.27]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB59C3CC for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:01:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay6.apple.com (relay6.apple.com [17.128.113.90]) (using TLS with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail-in5.apple.com (Apple Secure Mail Relay) with SMTP id 5E.57.17501.04110F85; Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:01:04 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 11973e13-2b09e9a00000445d-03-58f011408626 Received: from [17.150.220.128] (Unknown_Domain [17.150.220.128]) (using TLS with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by relay6.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with SMTP id 57.1A.12947.F3110F85; Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:01:04 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Subject: Re: cannot change password for an ordinary user From: Chuck Swiger In-Reply-To: <201704132135.v3DLZgS2008709@mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:01:03 -0700 Cc: FreeBSD - Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <14E19429-3B94-4DF4-8246-053729D6E14B@mac.com> References: <201704132135.v3DLZgS2008709@mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk> To: mexas@bris.ac.uk X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFlrALMWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUi2FAYpesg+CHCoOmbhMXLr5tYLO4uTHJg 8uhfPJPFY8an+SwBTFFcNimpOZllqUX6dglcGcvu2BbcYqn4faiHsYHxMnMXIyeHhICJRNuh RvYuRi4OIYHVTBJbT35ihUmsvvAdKrGASeLX99tgCWYBLYkb/14ydTFycPAK6Ev0PmcECQsL WEhM73wFZrMJqEgsnvUfbAGngIvEgbZv7CA2i4CqxIFTx9ggxuhKNN14ywhha0ssW/garJ5X wEri+M9bYLaQgLPEjP1PwGpEBEQkmtedZ4O4TVbi1uxLzCC3SQg8ZZWYfPU44wRGwVlIzpuF cN4sJCsWMDKvYhTKTczM0c3MM9VLLCjISdVLzs/dxAgK0ul2wjsYT6+yOsQowMGoxMO7of59 hBBrYllxZe4hRmkOFiVx3o4p7yKEBNITS1KzU1MLUovii0pzUosPMTJxcEo1MB66H7R4t+rD E9fd3F+tqTM4JFjYpXllsUOlk6nFYeO9sSECMwQ+l+xYuFOZmWVn4Ce+2lPrLyTZnua2V99b n7LTIqux5piz2I9Jp6YvNOHcrmBfqcJ399LL9Xz/HTn1rq4p8cqYub577VH7KUIMH9Y4KYvU p9QEsGtLqm0y9/bh3DhTbrbUPSWW4oxEQy3mouJEAPB3pt0zAgAA X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFprMLMWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUiOO1Og66D4IcIgyNvWSxeft3EYnF3YZID k0f/4pksHjM+zWcJYIrisklJzcksSy3St0vgylh2x7bgFkvF70M9jA2Ml5m7GDk5JARMJFZf +M7excjFISSwgEni1/fbrCAJZgEtiRv/XjJ1MXJw8AroS/Q+ZwQJCwtYSEzvfAVmswmoSCye 9R9sDqeAi8SBtm/sIDaLgKrEgVPH2CDG6Eo03XjLCGFrSyxb+BqsnlfASuL4z1tgtpCAs8SM /U/AakQERCSa151ng7hNVuLW7EvMExj5ZiG5aBbCRbOQTF3AyLyKUaAoNSex0kwvsaAgJ1Uv OT93EyMoqBoKo3YwNiy3OsQowMGoxMO7of59hBBrYllxZe4hRgkOZiURXmGuDxFCvCmJlVWp RfnxRaU5qcWHGKU5WJTEeS+JvIkQEkhPLEnNTk0tSC2CyTJxcEo1MKo6aCwQNi37Uad2all1 OKdrFHdojXkPn35zuvSmK1+3+JV/3z9NLvuBf2Xh5tB3QoXXjjv+s7k3caFo1qHsjvkHa0xV l51KfeRxUSpbjesX1wNp41kFfmaPuldfml4fufeax5E5J7bOzJV4XrPj9vYruUVKU9ZxfjBc wS0ra+GtuVXp2N2925RYijMSDbWYi4oTAZUR5pcmAgAA X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:01:10 -0000 On Apr 13, 2017, at 2:35 PM, Anton Shterenlikht = 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=