Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 15:01:09 -0500 From: Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> To: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problem with freebsd-update corrupting /etc/passwd Message-ID: <1440100869.935695.361630681.4EA48DB2@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <DDFA21B09874CB3B989F4507@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> References: <DDFA21B09874CB3B989F4507@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local>
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On Thu, Aug 20, 2015, at 14:17, Paul Schmehl wrote: > I just upgraded two servers from 8.4-RELEASE to 10.2-RELEASE. On both > servers I had a problem with the /etc/passwd file after upgrade. > > This is what I got on both servers: > > # pwd_mkdb -C /etc/passwd > pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry > pwd_mkdb: at line #3 > pwd_mkdb: /etc/passwd: Inappropriate file type or format > > On one server a single user "disappeared" (getent passwd username > returned > nothing). On the other server, after I replaced it with > /etc/masster.passwd, I looped through the /etc/passwd file and getent > returned each entry, so no users "disappeared". > > Not sure what the problem might be, but I thought y'all should know. > During the upgrade did it ask you to merge some config files (passwd included) ? That's the only time it would do so. Corruption on line #3 makes me think it was trying to make you manually merge the FreeBSD ID / timestamp at the top of the file.
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