Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 11:25:26 +0200 From: Nelis Lamprecht <nlamprecht@gmail.com> To: Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading 5.2.1 to 5.3R2 Message-ID: <7cbadc8704110301256f063260@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <41883BFF.5040000@trini0.org> References: <41883BFF.5040000@trini0.org>
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On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 21:01:35 -0500, Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> 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 What is the result of pwd_mkdb -C /etc/master.passwd ? Perhaps copy your backup copy of master.passwd and then regenerate your passwd file via pwd_mkdb -p See pwd_mkdb(8) for more info Nelis
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