Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:48:15 +0100 From: Hexren <me@hexren.net> To: Gerard Samuel <gsam@trini0.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: Upgrading 5.2.1 to 5.3R2 (Maybe a problem adding a user) [SOLVED] Message-ID: <181739351.20041103094815@hexren.net> In-Reply-To: <41887286.1070507@trini0.org> References: <41883BFF.5040000@trini0.org> <418850C5.4060203@trini0.org> <41887286.1070507@trini0.org>
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GS> Gerard Samuel wrote: >> Gerard Samuel wrote: >> >>> Ok, so I upgraded, ran mergemaster, and merged /etc/group (and >>> /etc/master.passwd I think) via mergemaster. >>> I merged those files to retain my non root user account. >>> I rebooted, and I haven't been able to log into my non root account. >>> I tried to readd the account via adduser, but it says that the user >>> already exists. >>> So I tried rmuser, and it says that the user doesn't exist. >>> So I manually removed the account name from /etc/group, >>> /etc/master.passwd, /etc/passwd, >>> and tried to add the user, via adduser. >>> When it tries to add the user, it fails (dont remember the message >>> right now). >> >> >>> Anyone has any suggestions on how I can get the old user account back?? >>> N.B. I did back up /etc before mergemaster... >>> Thanks >> GS> Well I got it working again. Im not sure what fixed it, but I believe GS> running vipw fixed what was wrong with it... --------------------------------------------- You've read this ? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=passwd&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.2.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html And you do understand that you should run "pwd_mkdb" after manually editing the passwd file (vipw actually does that for you) ? My take on your problem would be that you merged the 2 files and did not run pwd_mkdb after that which led to an inconsistent state between /etc/passwd/ and /etc/master.passwd which is the main user database. Take that with a grant of suspection as I am really no expert ;) mfg Hexren
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