Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:15:21 +0700 From: zen <zen@tk-pttuntex.com> To: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adduser error Message-ID: <45F7A109.60304@tk-pttuntex.com> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0703140005n39e0b6b1n8cb1942259339631@mail.gmail.com> References: <45F7916F.5090703@tk-pttuntex.com> <790a9fff0703132354h4abd029ck337027da7e16b283@mail.gmail.com> <790a9fff0703140005n39e0b6b1n8cb1942259339631@mail.gmail.com>
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Scot Hetzel wrote: > On 3/14/07, Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 3/14/07, zen <zen@tk-pttuntex.com> wrote: >> > dear users, >> > i have problem with my fresh FreeBSD 6.2 RELEASE >> > i can not adduser to this machine, the error logs was: >> > >> > ns1# pw adduser zen -g wheel -d /home/zen -s /bin/csh >> > pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry >> > pwd_mkdb: at line #12 >> > pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: Inappropriate file type or format >> > pw: user 'zen' disappeared during update >> > ns1# pw adduser zen -g wheel -d /home/zen -s /bin/csh >> > pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry >> > pwd_mkdb: at line #12 >> > pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: Inappropriate file type or format >> > pw: user 'zen' disappeared during update >> > >> > please help regarding this problem >> > >> >> You have a corrupt entry on line 12 of /etc/master.passwd. Open >> /etc/maser.passwd using vipw. Then go to line 12, and make sure that >> all the fields are there for line #12. >> >> name:passwd:uid:gid:class:change:expire:gecos:home_dir:shell >> >> daemon:*:1:1::0:0:Owner of many system processes:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin >> > NOTE: in version 1.40 of the master.passwd file the 12th line is: > > man:*:9:9::0:0:Mister Man Pages:/usr/share/man:/usr/sbin/nologin > > Scot thanks for the enlightment. problem solve. but i wonder, how could it be a fresh install the master.passwd could be such a mess up. TIA Zen
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