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Date:      Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:53:07 +0530
From:      Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com>
To:        "Froilan Romualdo" <froilanr@gmail.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can't adduser using FreeBSD 7.0 (amd64)
Message-ID:  <b2807d040809120223p1c8a1d8es2217900d2f80d591@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <b2807d040809120222x46cd2831g6a8d85929c580f21@mail.gmail.com>
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Oops it should be pwd_mkdb instead of pw_mkdb

so pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd

Cheers again!!
Subhro

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> wrote:
> pw_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd
>
> Cheers!
> Subhro
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Froilan Romualdo <froilanr@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Here's my uname -a:
>>
>> FreeBSD fbsd.its1.localhost.com 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb
>> 24 10:35:36 UTC 2008
>> root@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
>> amd64
>>
>> Error upon running adduser:
>>
>> pwd_mkdb: 14 uid is incorrect
>> pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: Inappropiate file type or format
>> pw: user 'froilanr' disappeared during update
>> adduser: ERROR: There was an error adding user (froilanr).
>>
>> NOTE: I already read the FreeBSD handbook and google search the problem, but
>> I can't see a solution.
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
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