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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 15:31:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Spidey <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA>
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On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Spidey wrote:

> One of my users tried to chage his password and got this:
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 17:31:36 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Philippe Humphreys <phil@jsp.umontreal.ca>
> To: Spidey <beaupran@jsp.umontreal.ca>
> 
> Old password:
> New password:
> Retype new password:
> passwd: /etc/master.passwd: corrupted entry
> passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged
> Changing local password for phil.
> 
> 
> I checked the passwd file using vipw, and I didn't saw any problem...
> 
> What could it be?

You haven't been touching /etc/master.passwd without using vipw, have you?

Try rebuilding the database by going into vipw, making a small change,
putting it back, then save&quit.

> As a secondary question, how can I remove kerberos from my system?

That's it, this is going into the FAQ.  And why do people keep selecting
this, anyway!?!?!

You have to reinstall the bin distribution.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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