Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 18:57:04 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: Inappropriate file type or format Message-ID: <20120528185704.402a5c97.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAJ5UdcPeB2QMWqcEJmMvZrS1OQ-8vY70i=SsH%2B7wMX_aTbzG0w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ5UdcP5qkq-ALN_taxXrahMQ1VpzDZdHeT9eXPS1AuCdu-Ang@mail.gmail.com> <20120528174646.dc37d926.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAJ5UdcPeB2QMWqcEJmMvZrS1OQ-8vY70i=SsH%2B7wMX_aTbzG0w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 28 May 2012 11:51:23 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > I have run the command as root user > # pwd_mkdb -d /etc/master.passwd Looks wrong; the parameter -d is "-d directory", explained as "Store databases into specified destination directory instead of /etc." The coorect command should be # pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd See "man pwd_mkdb" for details. > but it fails with a pam_auth() or I can't remember exact error > message, I will need to run command and post the exact error message > here :( Some file access error would be possible. > Either do this, or install a desktop which does not depend on > devel/dbus package(s). The dbus port is often used to "enhance functionality", but it's not entirely required to run KDE, Gnome or Xfce (to name the "big three"). Just make sure X is compiled without it. Maybe some functionality might be missing, but if you don't depend on it... as for just automount, FreeBSD has a native solution that worked even before HAL and DBUS. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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