Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 23:48:15 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: Kirk McDonald <kirem@optusnet.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: master.password problem Message-ID: <3928D82F.790A5850@gorean.org> References: <392889BB.9919C098@optusnet.com.au>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Kirk McDonald wrote:
>
> Can somebody help me out with this problem please?
>
> su-2.03# adduser
> Use option ``-silent'' if you don't want to see all warnings and
> questions.
>
> pwd_mkdb: line too long
> pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: Inappropriate file type or format
>
> Invalid /etc/master.passwd - cannot add any users!
You have to find the bad line in master.passwd and fix it. Compare the
lines you've added to the ones already in the file, and try to figure
out how they are different. Use 'pwd_mkdb -C /etc/master.passwd' to
figure out if you've fixed it or not.
Good luck,
Doug
--
"Live free or die"
- State motto of my ancestral homeland, New Hampshire
Do YOU Yahoo!?
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3928D82F.790A5850>