Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 08:15:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: lys <lys@ms32.url.com.tw> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "passwd" problem! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906220815380.12805-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <000d01bebc68$ffed1220$0c3214a3@fs1u41.maes.tpc.edu.tw>
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My guess is that it doesnt like the BLANK LINES in you master.passwd file. On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, lys wrote: > Q. When I use the command "passwd" to change the password of the user I have > constructed, I always get the message: > passwd: /etc/master.passwd: corrupted entry > passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged > no matter with I login with root or the user I have constructed. > > But, when I use the same command "passwd" to change the password of root, > there were no problems, Why? > > The FreeBSD Version used is 3.2-release. > The master.passwd and group file used are attatched with this e-mail. > (I have check master.passwd with "pwd_mkdb -C /etc/master.passwd", > there were no problems. Also, I have made the password database with > "pwd_mkdb -p -d /etc /etc/master.passwd") > > My e-mail address is lys@ms32.url.com.tw > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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