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Date:      Mon, 18 Oct 1999 18:31:43 +0200
From:      Stefano Riva <sriva@alice.it>
To:        bill slaybaugh <slay3241@bright.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: passwd does not see pwd.db
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.19991018183143.00b303a0@relay.alice.it>
In-Reply-To: <380B389B.8671121B@bright.net>

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At 11.11 18/10/99 -0400, you wrote:
>but then running 'passwd root' returns:

  From single user mode, after having mounted /usr if necessary, try using
"vipw" (or any editor on /etc/master.passwd, followed by "pwd_mkdb"),
cleaning the password file, leaving the root line without password
(something like "root::0:0..."). Then you should be able to login normally
as root without password; at that time use "passwd" to set a password.

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  Stefano Riva
  Systems & Network Administrator
  Informazioni Editoriali I.E. Srl
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