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Date:      Sat, 22 Aug 1998 16:51:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Spidey <beaupran@jsp.umontreal.ca>
Cc:        Questions=answers <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Forwarded mail....
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808221650060.27863-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980819144534.22310B-100000@outpost.nada.org>

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On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Spidey wrote:

> > > > Try rebuilding the database by going into vipw, making a small change,
> > > > putting it back, then save&quit.
> > > 
> > > Tried it. Didn't work. 'zut'.
> > 
> > Eh?  In what way?  Did it acutally rebuild the database?
> 
> Sorry, it rebuilded, but I still can't change the password.

Hm, I'd have to see it to figure out what's up.

> > > > You have to reinstall the bin distribution.
> > > 
> > > hmmm, I just upgraded. I did re-installed it in the make world process,
> > > no?
> > 
> > It may pick up the kerberized libs from the system.  make world isn't
> > insulated from it's environment.
> 
> So how do I re-install the bin dist?

mount /cdrom
cd /cdrom/bin
./install.sh

This basically reinstalls the base system, so all manner of nutty things
could happen.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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