Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 15:44:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: David Martin <dmartin@sdln.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: master.passwd annoyance Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807291544170.24795-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <000401bdba5f$bfe9ec40$70fc34cc@sdln.net>
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On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, David Martin wrote: > Recently, while adding users to my freebsd machine > I got an error message that showed that all my > users had duplicates. > > I viewed my master.passwd file and saw that all id's/passwds > had several copies within the file. The file would > go from root to whomever and then repeat the root > to whomever cycle any number of times. I thought > that someone had hacked my machine (2.2.6) but checked > the logs and saw nothing out of the ordinary. This also > happens on another freebsd box which has just 1 user. > > This has become more of an annoyance than anything else. > Each time this happens, I just edit the master.passwd > file and remove the duplicates. > > However, i'd like for this to stop, so has anyone had > a similar experience and know how to fix it? Use vipw. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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