Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 23:38:14 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Trio Usodo <dodotb@Bapedal.go.id> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: restore master.passwd smoothly Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970122233723.15372d-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970117151851.5336B-100000@ns1.Bapedal.GO.ID>
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On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Trio Usodo wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Doug White wrote: > > > > You installed DES once and not the second time, or vice versa. > > > > WARNING: You MUST pull the DES distribution from ftp.internat.freebsd.org > > or else you are violating US export law!! > > > > To fix: > > > > 1. type '-s' at the boot prompt. > > 2. Type <return> to get a shell when prompted > > 3. type 'mount -u /' and 'mount -a' to get back your filesystems > > 4. type 'vipw' > > 5. Blank out the user's password > > I don't want to : > > change ten of passwd and, > told the changes to all off user. Then re-install, removing des (or install it if you did last time). > I am confuse of using "pwd_mkdb", can somebody out there > explain "pwd_mkdb"? pwd_mkdb translates the password text file into a database the system actually uses for lookup. You will never run this manually -- use vipw instead. 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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