From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Apr 14 20:55:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from chen.org.nz (adsl-210.54.19.51.quicksilver.net.nz [210.54.19.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 098CB37B41C for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2002 20:55:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grimoire.chen.org.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chen.org.nz (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g3F3ss3H006032; Mon, 15 Apr 2002 15:54:54 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc@grimoire.chen.org.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by grimoire.chen.org.nz (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g3F3ss29006031; Mon, 15 Apr 2002 15:54:54 +1200 (NZST) Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 15:54:54 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Paul Starman Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Password Modification Problem Message-ID: <20020415155454.A6000@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <200204150313.g3F3DRT51081@omega.surenet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200204150313.g3F3DRT51081@omega.surenet.net>; from blinko@surenet.net on Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 11:13:27PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 11:13:27PM -0400, Paul Starman wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having a bit of a problem. I'm running a FreeBSD 4-STABLE server, > and am trying to change a password using a password file that I use > with a 3-STABLE server. I can change passwords and make other > modifications on the 3-STABLE system no problem, but when I try to > change a password (among other things) on the 4-STABLE system I get > this: > > mail# passwd admin > Changing local password for admin. > New password: > Retype new password: > passwd: updating the database... > pwd_mkdb: 1184 > max uid value (4294967295) > pwd_mkdb: at line #79 > pwd_mkdb: /etc/pw.bxJ2ty: Inappropriate file type or format > passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged The obvious questions is: what's at line 79? -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message