Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 21:01:35 -0500 From: Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Upgrading 5.2.1 to 5.3R2 Message-ID: <41883BFF.5040000@trini0.org>
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Ok, so I upgraded, ran mergemaster, and merged /etc/group (and /etc/master.passwd I think) via mergemaster. I merged those files to retain my non root user account. I rebooted, and I haven't been able to log into my non root account. I tried to readd the account via adduser, but it says that the user already exists. So I tried rmuser, and it says that the user doesn't exist. So I manually removed the account name from /etc/group, /etc/master.passwd, /etc/passwd, and tried to add the user, via adduser. When it tries to add the user, it fails (dont remember the message right now). Anyone has any suggestions on how I can get the old user account back?? N.B. I did back up /etc before mergemaster... Thanks
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