From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Sep 3 11:26:43 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9A7ED7314 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2019 11:26:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonathan@scatterlings.org) Received: from mail-pl1-x636.google.com (mail-pl1-x636.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::636]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46N4R66dnXz4Cc3 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2019 11:26:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonathan@scatterlings.org) Received: by mail-pl1-x636.google.com with SMTP id k1so400931pls.11 for ; Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:26:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=scatterlings-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KqBvKH5FVaIi7dscJq8+6UcR4tLF/wUo7LMcQvtva/w=; b=Rwpr+zH1qVmpQCap6/IdSoVml2aiTs2ArEUpjTihmWhCQZ3dXx31oVn6VyLjuIAjG0 TnJF8B+WBcfRBlpafKE7J3csYm7L7rR30pSCsfmXzHtb2sHMUTKy3M+yslf5Mw6fc6sL DWK+QTPXLGZBH42HyBoBDgtkKtiBQJ2MWR8TfwLnJmeCrzacd/2XHdwAPU+VtJPO7/2m CetyozJVstftzoWMTt8IHsGXrH+rFMA+CZT7qKBIH153+kgZlEM7YFRZLTkVU8ELc82n 2k9Y+3SBO3MPI1nVsBWM93oe+paBx8lUG0Bh5ux6Do3b52ZwryEFzPVuaKuYxpYYUPPn N1QQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KqBvKH5FVaIi7dscJq8+6UcR4tLF/wUo7LMcQvtva/w=; b=pOTsDzWg8+1dyTn4NvWN03mdiblslze3+yF3up0j/aTDAfqcXc15QFMOx/Jb/HGHoJ P3KA+LtlTJD7TZmNg1t3tc+b4ihsqNXv/djXMQNmYOgL6EL05r84CAz1t8WPDtJqTSnn yRSJ1mwF6HkCgwChFoB3z4dLF0vkAvmJS53/X4eF3a+zETS6NgjZB4/d/tiwy5RZsjXD ShD6sPElPEwoxu9k45UybyxnKJv0MEQ9IsMqTyPtgijdzw6W6kgUBoHdFsithp2VCJfs KyS3iHdrlwr4gLM5nX1R7Ly8pBJbIslATFLusboRFRQbgJ95n3JxpK1ro73iRVxQbLQM hXfQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAX6nrGf4zPMTvwswWWWyszK2nqZrAaYwAlGxegne+xHdXG41ycs 44x7Mjr4qvOTb22z0Fo/Fgpu/CPnrnK79YayNLZe X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqx/D9jvAHzqG1VmfZJnV1Eaqg6cmIjSLeR96FdwvULCqgx8L4byJ5Qtbjpq/NaBuz+wkkMODkmZvDtZ9J0tp0g= X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:ab86:: with SMTP id f6mr15430188plr.15.1567510000472; Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:26:40 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190903085614.GD3644@io.chezmoi.fr> <152896fe-e1fa-6c4d-b1e4-97d13ea13539@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <152896fe-e1fa-6c4d-b1e4-97d13ea13539@gmail.com> From: Jonathan McKeown Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 13:26:28 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: master.passwd out of sync To: MJ Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 46N4R66dnXz4Cc3 X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=scatterlings-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.s=20150623 header.b=Rwpr+zH1; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of jonathan@scatterlings.org has no SPF policy when checking 2607:f8b0:4864:20::636) smtp.mailfrom=jonathan@scatterlings.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.17 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[scatterlings-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com:s=20150623]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[scatterlings.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[scatterlings-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[6.3.6.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.997,0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; IP_SCORE(-2.87)[ip: (-9.18), ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-2.82), asn: 15169(-2.30), country: US(-0.05)]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 11:26:43 -0000 On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 at 12:01, MJ wrote: > > Hi Albert, > > On 3/09/2019 6:56 pm, Albert Shih wrote: > > Hi everyone, [snip] > > [=E2=80=A6] I try to create a account with pw and sometime I got the > > message > > > > pw: user '*******' disappeared during update .[snip] > If I'm understanding you correctly, you want to know what rebuilds the ma= ster.passwd under "normal" circumstances? > > That would be vipw(8). - No, it really wouldn't. The OP specified that he's using pw(8) which also manages the password databases (or should, hence the question). vipw(8) is a different tool altogether., and of the two I'd always recommend pw(8). Jonathan