Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 18:39:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Lic. Carlos G. Garcia Andrade" <cgarcia@orca.ens.cetys.mx> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with the password file. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970410183904.7002J-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <334D208B.1882@orca.ens.cetys.mx>
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On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Lic. Carlos G. Garcia Andrade wrote:
> Every user can login, but I can not add more users. This is the message
> I get after I type adduser:
>
> pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd.orig: File exists
>
> Invalid /etc/master.passwd - cannot add any users!
>
> And quits the application {adduser}... what can I do?
ps ax -- make sure no one is running adduser or vipw or equivalent.
su
rm /etc/master.passwd.orig
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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