Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 03:46:41 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: phace@eden.com (Tony Montana) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cannot add users Message-ID: <199607241046.DAA06658@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960724045832.10564A-100000@matrix.eden.com> from "Tony Montana" at Jul 24, 96 05:00:30 am
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> When attempting to execute the 'adduser' command as root on my FreeBSD > R2.1 box i get the following: > > pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: Permission denied > Invalid /etc/master.passwd - cannot add any users! > > The permissions are set correctly: > -rw------- 1 root wheel 1018 Jul 24 03:33 master.passwd I assume you're running as root at the time? And, the permissions for /etc are OK? Does vipw allow you to manually change/add to the password database (or, does it blow up, too?)
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