Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 10:50:45 -0700 From: "David Anderson" <DRCAnderson@xtra.co.nz> To: "Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Help Please - Newbie Adding User Message-ID: <047f01be8f44$3c937f40$9ac4fea9@dynasite98>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_047C_01BE8F09.78DBC920 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi I have logged on as root and are attempting to add myself as a user with = csh shell. (i) When I try the adding user via=20 myname# adduser=20 i get the following error report......... pwd_mkdb:root uid should be 0 pwd_mkdb: at line 16 pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.pwd: Inappropriate file type or format. (ii) Alternatively using vipw=20 pwd_mkdb:root uid should be 0 pwd_mkdb: at line 16 pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.pwd: Inappropriate file type or format. re-edit the password file? [y] Please can somebody tell me what is happening here?=20 Thanks for any help offered. David Anderson ------=_NextPart_000_047C_01BE8F09.78DBC920 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT = size=3D3>Hi</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>I have logged on as root and are attempting to add myself as a user = with=20 csh shell.</DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT = size=3D3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT = size=3D3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT size=3D3>(i) When I try the = adding user via=20 </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT size=3D3><STRONG>myname# = adduser=20 </STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT = size=3D3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT size=3D3>i get the following = error=20 report.........</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT = size=3D3></FONT></FONT><STRONG>pwd_mkdb:root=20 uid should be 0</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>pwd_mkdb: at line 16</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.pwd: Inappropriate file type or=20 format.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT = size=3D3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT size=3D3>(ii) Alternatively = using=20 <STRONG>vipw </STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT size=3D3><STRONG> <DIV><STRONG>pwd_mkdb:root uid should be 0</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>pwd_mkdb: at line 16</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG>pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.pwd: Inappropriate file type or=20 format.</STRONG></DIV> <DIV>re-edit the password file? [y]</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></STRONG> <DIV>Please can somebody tell me what is happening here? </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for any help offered.</DIV> <DIV>David Anderson</DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_047C_01BE8F09.78DBC920-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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