From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 22 5:16: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14B1D14D09 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 05:16:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA01442; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 08:15:55 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 08:15:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey To: lys Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "passwd" problem! In-Reply-To: <000d01bebc68$ffed1220$0c3214a3@fs1u41.maes.tpc.edu.tw> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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