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From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: user accounts messed up
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On Jan 21, 2006, at 12:40 PM, Jona Joachim wrote:

> On 21/01/06, Jona Joachim <jona.joachim@gmail.com> wrote:
> (...)
>
> I created a master.passwd file from the backup file in /var/backups
> and emptied the password field. Then I updated the database with
> pwd_mkdb but I still can't login.

Sounds like PAM possibly may have gotten hosed. Any error messages on  
the screen when you try and login/change your password?
-Garrett