Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:29:44 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: password failure- after mergmaster Message-ID: <77FE6039-9C53-4579-BCD6-C7C7199D37A6@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <469299A6.4090006@boosten.org> References: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702CFD@www.fcimail.org> <20070709201750.GA66218@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <469299A6.4090006@boosten.org>
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On Jul 9, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Peter Boosten wrote: >> You let mergemaster clobber the password file. >> >> So in single user, "mount -a", then use vipw to recreate your >> accounts >> in the password database. On exit from vipw use passwd to set the >> passwords. > > Having read this I must admit that it's a complete mystery to me why > mergemaster would touch your password file at all... Because sometimes new versions of the OS come with new built-in user accounts, which need to be added to the existing passwd or groups databases somehow? -- -Chuck
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