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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Trio Usodo <dodotb@Bapedal.go.id>
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Subject: Re: restore master.passwd smoothly
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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