Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 00:54:14 -0500 From: Gerard Samuel <gsam@trini0.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading 5.2.1 to 5.3R2 (Maybe a problem adding a user) [SOLVED] Message-ID: <41887286.1070507@trini0.org> In-Reply-To: <418850C5.4060203@trini0.org> References: <41883BFF.5040000@trini0.org> <418850C5.4060203@trini0.org>
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Gerard Samuel wrote: > Gerard Samuel wrote: > >> 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). > > > I tried adding another account on the box, and the Im getting the same > error... > This time I got the error message from adduser > ---- > > OK? (yes/no): yes > pw: user 'test' disappeared during update > adduser: ERROR: There was an error adding user (test). > Add another user? (yes/no): no > ---- > >> Anyone has any suggestions on how I can get the old user account back?? >> N.B. I did back up /etc before mergemaster... >> Thanks > Well I got it working again. Im not sure what fixed it, but I believe running vipw fixed what was wrong with it...
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