From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 19:08:10 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5249416A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:08:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.185]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C0F243D5C for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:08:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oliverfuchs@onlinehome.de) Received: from [212.227.126.207] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1D02ci-0002tr-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:08:08 +0100 Received: from [217.246.205.130] (helo=oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de) (TLSv1:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1D02cg-0002v2-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:08:07 +0100 Received: from oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de (localhost.onlinehome.de [127.0.0.1]) j1CJ862u003353 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:08:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliverfuchs1@oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de) Received: (from oliverfuchs1@localhost) by oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j1CJ85Xv003352 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:08:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliverfuchs1) Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:08:04 +0100 From: Oliver Fuchs To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050212190804.GA3324@oliverfuchs.onlinehome.de> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <91984ed4050212102116b27f3c@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <91984ed4050212102116b27f3c@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:c2b2791553508cc938db2bcf18721a3c Subject: Re: FreeBSD5.2.1 - adduser pw: user 'user' disappeared during update X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:08:10 -0000 On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Louis Harvey wrote: > Hello ! > > For the first time after installing FreeBSD 5.2.1, I am trying to add > a new user, but without success so far. I have tried many times (as > root), with /usr/sbin/adduser and also with /stand/sysinstall > > Configure > User Management > User (Add a new user to the system), but > the operation seems fo fail at the end, when I give the final YES. I > get the following error message: > > pw: user 'user' disappeared during update > > I have checked on the Web giving the error message as input to google, > but got only one highly pertinent message. In the end, the guy says he > re-installed FreeBSD, wihich I cannot do right now. Maybe this will help: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-February/034920.html > > I checked with the command vipw, and emacs shows the lines > corresponding the users I attempted to create along with the other > users I created at install time. There is no subdir under /home for my > attempts at creating those users, nor can I log into the system with > those users. > > Please, could someone help me with this message? > > Salutations, Louis Harvey > _______________________________________________ Oliver -- ... don't touch the bang bang fruit