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Date:      Fri, 27 Sep 1996 12:51:21 +0300 (EET DST)
From:      Seppo Kallio <kallio@cc.jyu.fi>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Problems with useradd
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.92.960927124903.29904X-100000@kanto.cc.jyu.fi>

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In useradd I am getting error

``pwd_mkdb -p'' failed, try to restore ...
pwd_mkdb: /etc/spwd.db.tmp: File exists
Sorry, give up

And when trying again, error message

pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd.orig: File exists


The reason is clear: someone is changing passwd or some other way using
pwd_mkdb.


Seppo Kallio				kallio@jyu.fi
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PL 35, 40351 Jyväskylä, Finland		http://www.jyu.fi/~kallio




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