From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 24 15:47:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz (mta.xtra.co.nz [203.96.92.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82DD2151E1 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 1999 15:47:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DRCAnderson@xtra.co.nz) Received: from dynasite98 ([210.55.163.61]) by mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz (InterMail v04.00.02.07 201-227-108) with SMTP id <19990424224936.CCOC6531620.mta2-rme@dynasite98> for ; Sun, 25 Apr 1999 10:49:36 +1200 Message-ID: <047f01be8f44$3c937f40$9ac4fea9@dynasite98> From: "David Anderson" To: "Questions" Subject: Help Please - Newbie Adding User Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 10:50:45 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_047C_01BE8F09.78DBC920" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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

I have logged on as root and are attempting to add myself as a user = with=20 csh shell.

(i) When I try the = adding user via=20

myname# = adduser=20

i get the following = error=20 report.........

pwd_mkdb:root=20 uid should be 0

pwd_mkdb: at line 16

pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.pwd: Inappropriate file type or=20 format.

(ii) Alternatively = using=20 vipw

pwd_mkdb:root uid should be 0

pwd_mkdb: at line 16

pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.pwd: Inappropriate file type or=20 format.

re-edit the password file? [y]

Please can somebody tell me what is happening here?

Thanks for any help offered.

David Anderson

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