Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:28:40 -0500 From: "Anthony M. Agelastos" <iqgrande@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Subject: Re: _dhcp user problems Message-ID: <15F6934E-031E-4EF4-A2E8-808F540A14B7@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44r78zk1nm.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <4E75A276-3D18-47D2-ADB4-96B85B182843@gmail.com> <44d5kklve0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <D35382E7-0B05-4C2A-A357-0A3FDAA5FBDE@gmail.com> <44r78zk1nm.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Nov 29, 2005, at 8:46 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > "Anthony M. Agelastos" <iqgrande@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hello and thank you for your reply. I tried the following and here is >> where it got me: >> >> ast# pwd_mkdb -u _dhcp /etc/master.passwd >> ast# pwd_mkdb -u _dhcp /etc/passwd >> pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry >> pwd_mkdb: at line #3 >> pwd_mkdb: /etc/passwd: Inappropriate file type or format >> ast# pwd_mkdb -u -p _dhcp /etc/passwd >> usage: pwd_mkdb [-BCiLNp] [-d directory] [-s cachesize] [-u username] >> file >> ast# pwd_mkdb -p -u _dhcp /etc/passwd >> pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry >> pwd_mkdb: at line #3 >> pwd_mkdb: /etc/passwd: Inappropriate file type or format >> ast# pw userdel _dhcp >> pw: no such user `_dhcp' >> ast# pw useradd _dhcp -u 65 -c "dhcp programs" -d /var/empty -s /usr/ >> sbin/nologin >> pw: user '_dhcp' already exists >> >> Should I be doing something else? How can I wipe the slate clean with >> users, groups, and accounts? I tried going through sysinstall and >> when I try to add _dhcp as a user, it gives me an error code (The >> `pw' command exited with unexpected status 74) after it mentions that >> the requested shell "/usr/sbin/nologin" is not a valid user shell. >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Just the normal "pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd" and see if _dhcp is in > /etc/passwd afterwards. That worked. Thank you. Out of curiosity, to make sure nothing else is non-optimal, what other user accounts were added from 5.4 to 6.0? I cannot recall, did not save anything from 5.4, and never saw anything related to this on any of the documentation on the website. I only knew to do this for DHCP because I strictly followed the Handbook in updating and diff'd the master.passwd files and figured things out for myself. Thank you so much.
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