Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 16:46:28 -0600 From: "Corey A. Christians" <cchrstns@sdln.net> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Removing a user without using the rmuser command Message-ID: <001b01be8536$4dbe5500$5dfc34cc@sdln.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I recently removed a user form my FreeBSD machine without running the rmuser command. I deleted the entry in the master.passwd file, the passwd file and I deleted his home directory and all of his files (that I know of). I think that there are changes that I also have to make to the spwd.db file and the pwd.db file but I am uncertain. Whenever I try to change a passwd this is the message that I get from the machine: Retype new password: passwd: updating the database... pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry pwd_mkdb: at line #16 pwd_mkdb: /etc/pw.d11053: Inappropriate file type or format passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged Does anyone know what I need to do to fix this problem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Corey Christians | South Dakota Library Network | Programmer/Analyst | Phone: 605-642-6732 |1200 University, Spearfish, SD, 57799 [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content='"MSHTML 5.00.0910.1309"' name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I recently removed a user form my FreeBSD machine without running the rmuser command. I deleted the entry in the master.passwd file, the passwd file and I deleted his home directory and all of his files (that I know of). I think that there are changes that I also have to make to the spwd.db file and the pwd.db file but I am uncertain. Whenever I try to change a passwd this is the message that I get from the machine:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Retype new password:<BR>passwd: updating the database...<BR>pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry<BR>pwd_mkdb: at line #16<BR>pwd_mkdb: /etc/pw.d11053: Inappropriate file type or format<BR>passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone know what I need to do to fix this problem</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>| Corey Christians<BR>| South Dakota Library Network<BR>| Programmer/Analyst<BR>| Phone: 605-642-6732<BR>|1200 University, Spearfish, SD, 57799</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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