From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 24 22:10:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA15233 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 22:10:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from ganymede.bloomington.nsisw.com (usrtc1-51.kiva.net [208.143.10.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id WAA15201 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 22:09:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chiuk@cs.indiana.edu) Received: from ken by ganymede.bloomington.nsisw.com with local (Exim 1.60 #1) id 0xaEC2-0000hz-00; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 01:09:54 -0500 Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 01:09:54 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth Chiu Reply-To: chiuk@cs.indiana.edu To: Parker Brown cc: support@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2.5 Cannot Find User's Home Directories In-Reply-To: <347A4648.212A@gte.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Try chpass as root. There are also .db files that need I believe need to be updated. vipw might also work. On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Parker Brown wrote: > Just installed 2.2.5, then added the usual user (for relatively > worry-free use of the system) while still running the /floppies/boot.flp > kernel. I guess I misunderstood the use of the home directory field, so > when I logged in as a user the system could not find, and apparently had > not built, a home directory. > > I created a new home directory in /usr/home using a backup from previous > FreeBSD releases. Then I edited /etc/passwd to indicate the correct > home directory. That did not work, so I then edited /etc/master.passwd > with same. No good. > > If I knew the name of the module (maybe login.c .... I will look after > sending this requset for help) that locates the user's home directory, > maybe I could scroll through that to answer my own question. > > Could someone please give me some suggestions that can solve my (user > login) problems and/or give me some insight as to where I might look? >