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Date:      Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:46:19 -0500
From:      Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>
To:        "Brian W." <brian@brianwhalen.net>
Cc:        Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Problem with freebsd-update corrupting /etc/passwd
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--On August 20, 2015 at 7:20:08 PM -0700 "Brian W." <brian@brianwhalen.net> =

wrote:

>
> Are the passwords being corrupted or are you seeing the source upgrade
> behavior where passwords are deleted?
>

The files were corrupted, not the passwords.  No accounts were deleted=20
during the upgrade.

The behavior was that when running #getent passwd username, no information=20
would be returned, indicating that the account did not exist.  Yet a visual =

examination of the file (or a simple #grep username /etc/passwd) showed=20
that the account was still in the file.

> Brian
> On Aug 20, 2015 7:17 PM, "Paul Schmehl" <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> wrote:
>
> --On August 20, 2015 at 7:37:45 PM -0500 Adam Vande More
> <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Yes, I do.=C2=A0 For both servers.=C2=A0 Why?
>
>
>
> Are the backups corrupted?
>
>
> It appears that they are.=C2=A0 Strange.=C2=A0 Wonder why I didn't have =
problems
> before?
>
> Paul Schmehl, Retired
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Paul Schmehl, Retired
As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions
are my own and not those of my employer.
*******************************************
"It is as useless to argue with those who have
renounced the use of reason as to administer
medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson
"There are some ideas so wrong that only a very
intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell




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