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Date:      Tue, 18 Aug 1998 18:39:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Spidey <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        Questions=answers <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Forwarded mail....
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980818183707.25013G-100000@outpost.nada.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808181530000.19286-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>

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On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Doug White wrote:

> 
> 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.

Tried it. Didn't work. 'zut'.
 
> > 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!?!?!

I don't know, it seems 'kewl' (just joking...) No, in fact I thought that
my ISP (the university) was using kerberos too, and that I needed it.
 
> You have to reinstall the bin distribution.

hmmm, I just upgraded. I did re-installed it in the make world process,
no?

Thanx 

Spidey

How 'bout a little ride through your own world?
http://www.JSP.UMontreal.CA/~beaupran/


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