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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 20:29:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: "Bernard J. Courtney" <bc@bythehand.net>
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Subject: Re: Help
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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Bernard J. Courtney wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I am installing a mail server on my FreeBSD 2.2.1 box, and have done the
> following:
> 
> 1. edit the /etc/group file with pico and adding the following
> qmail:*:2107:
> nofiles:*:2108:
> 
> 2. then I used vipw to edit the passwd. file and added the following to
> that:
> alias:*:7790:2108::/var/qmail/alias:/bin/true
[...]

> Then I get this error:
> "/etc/pw.010045" 26 lines, 1546 characters
> vipw: rebuilding the database...
> pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry
> pwd_mkdb: at line #20
> pwd_mkdb: /etc/pw.010045: Inappropriate file type or format
> re-edit the password file? [y]:
> 
> The line 20 that is refered to would be the line above that was added
> that read alias, and is the beginning of where the changes started. 
> What am I doing wrong?  Please respond via e-mail as I am NOT currently
> on the list.

Try adding a real name for the user instead of leaving it blank.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major