Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 20:29:10 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Bernard J. Courtney" <bc@bythehand.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980112202849.22079p-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <34B3F2E1.56ED@bythehand.net>
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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
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