Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:03:21 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: Mark Felder <feld@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problem with freebsd-update corrupting /etc/passwd Message-ID: <11E450EEAC5B5FB6EE7ACA33@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK133jVs01K%2BUdsOQ_gm=rrpQ2O4NQNwpva9KzThm0VWdg@mail.gmail.com> References: <DDFA21B09874CB3B989F4507@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <1440100869.935695.361630681.4EA48DB2@webmail.messagingengine.com> <0904D22E43B1B6A9D578E512@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <CA%2BtpaK133jVs01K%2BUdsOQ_gm=rrpQ2O4NQNwpva9KzThm0VWdg@mail.gmail.com>
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--On August 20, 2015 at 6:34:57 PM -0500 Adam Vande More=20 <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> > wrote: > > --On August 20, 2015 at 3:01:09 PM -0500 Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> > wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2015, at 14:17, Paul Schmehl wrote: > > I just upgraded two servers from 8.4-RELEASE to 10.2-RELEASE.=C2=A0 On = both > servers I had a problem with the /etc/passwd file after upgrade. > > This is what I got on both servers: > ># pwd_mkdb -C /etc/passwd > pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry > pwd_mkdb: at line #3 > pwd_mkdb: /etc/passwd: Inappropriate file type or format > > On one server a single user "disappeared" (getent passwd username > returned > nothing).=C2=A0 On the other server, after I replaced it with > /etc/masster.passwd, I looped through the /etc/passwd file and getent > returned each entry, so no users "disappeared". > > Not sure what the problem might be, but I thought y'all should know. > > > > During the upgrade did it ask you to merge some config files (passwd > included) ? That's the only time it would do so. Corruption on line #3 > makes me think it was trying to make you manually merge the FreeBSD ID / > timestamp at the top of the file. > > > No.=C2=A0 The only two files I was prompted to edit were /etc/motd and > /etc/newsyslog.conf.=C2=A0 /etc/password was displayed, but it appeared = to be > fine to me, so I responded yes to the merge.=C2=A0 All it did was add the > unbound account. > > The top three lines of the file (that I renamed .bak because it was > corrupted) are: > ># cat /etc/passwd.bak ># $FreeBSD: releng/10.2/etc/master.passwd 256366 2013-10-12 06:08:18Z ># rpaulo $ ># > root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh > ># pwd_mkdb -C /etc/passwd.bak > pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry > pwd_mkdb: at line #3 > pwd_mkdb: /etc/passwd.bak: Inappropriate file type or format > > I'd be happy to send the file to someone who could analyze it. > > > > There is no need to analyze the file as line #3 is clearly = incorrect.=C2=A0 > The question is how it got into that format.=C2=A0 Do you have a = pre-upgrade > backup?=C2=A0 Yes, I do. For both servers. Why? Paul Schmehl, Retired As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell
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