Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:39:17 -0600 From: Paul Smith <paul.j.smith0@gmail.com> To: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> Cc: Mark Felder <feld@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problem with freebsd-update corrupting /etc/passwd Message-ID: <CACoaAtM2w5DvhDmcrJLjS3icPxD9aghGMRqkV0-B52FwPYFVkA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <0904D22E43B1B6A9D578E512@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> References: <DDFA21B09874CB3B989F4507@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <1440100869.935695.361630681.4EA48DB2@webmail.messagingengine.com> <0904D22E43B1B6A9D578E512@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local>
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> > The top three lines of the file (that I renamed .bak because it was > corrupted) are: > > # cat /etc/passwd.bak > # $FreeBSD: releng/10.2/etc/master.passwd 256366 2013-10-12 06:08:18Z rpaulo > $ > # > root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh > > # pwd_mkdb -C /etc/passwd.bak > pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry > pwd_mkdb: at line #3 > pwd_mkdb: /etc/passwd.bak: Inappropriate file type or format > I thought you ran pwd_mkdb on /etc/master.password and not /etc/password. >From the man page for pwd_mkdb: Regenerate the password database after manually editing or replacing the password file: /usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd Paul
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