From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Sep 10 2:14: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from amanda.swlct.sthames.nhs.uk (hide14.nhs.uk [194.6.81.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4222615193 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 02:13:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Greg.Quinlan@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk) Received: from greg.swlct.sthames.nhs.uk (qmh-00553.qmpgmc.ac.uk [10.1.20.82]) by amanda.swlct.sthames.nhs.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA08600 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 1999 10:12:38 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <008801befb6d$7a004e40$5214010a@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk> Reply-To: "Greg Quinlan" From: "Greg Quinlan" To: References: <199909100818.EAA06587@easeway.com> Subject: Re: passwords after make upgrade? Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 10:18:42 +0100 Organization: Queen Marys Hospital (SWLCT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: > Well, 3-stable seems stable enough that I decided not to wait for 3.5, and > upgraded a couple systems from 2.8-stable. > > After I rebooted, however, all my passwords were invalid. .... I had the same problem some time ago, and found that I had set the parameter "nisdomainname" to some value even-when I was not using NIS. This had no effect for <=FBSD-2.8 Versions, but made passords invalid for the upgraded version. This may not be your problem as you have said that "reset all the passwords" and if understand you correctly; they now work??? Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message