From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 18 15:37:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA17029 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 15:37:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA [132.204.2.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA16996 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 15:37:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA) Received: from epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca (epsom.JSP.UMontreal.CA [132.204.45.25]) by harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA17317; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 18:36:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outpost.nada.org (derby.jsp.umontreal.ca [132.204.45.26]) by epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca via SMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/JSP1789) id SAA02958; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 18:36:14 -0400 Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 18:39:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey X-Sender: beaupran@outpost.nada.org To: Doug White cc: Questions=answers Subject: Re: Forwarded mail.... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > > To: Spidey > > > > 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/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message