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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:26:26 -0600
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Subject: Re: deleted /etc/login.conf.db
From: Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:20:55 -0600, Andrew Gould wrote:
> > I accidentally deleted /etc/login.conf.db on one of my computers.
> >
> > 1. How bad have I messed up?
>
> Not much. :-)
>
>
>
> > 2. Is it something the system will recreate automatically?
>
> Probably not.
>
>
>
> > 3.  Are there steps that I need to take to recreate it?
>
> That's simple: "cap_mkdb -f /etc/login.conf.db /etc/login.conf".
> See "man cap_mkdb" for details. Simple solutions for simple
> mistakes. :-)
>
>
>
> --
> Polytropon
> Magdeburg, Germany
> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
>

Thank you!!!