Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 20:02:46 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bris.ac.uk> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot change password for an ordinary user Message-ID: <CAPcSSvJ2xnpBH4FcfRz3wmSPpUsNirS887CLzm4j7DXgrMvMpQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20170414123407.6d57f241.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <201704132135.v3DLZgS2008709@mech-as222.men.bris.ac.uk> <20170414123407.6d57f241.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Thanks, that helped. Still don't know what happened and why direct use of pwd_mkdb was needed. Anton On 14/04/2017, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 22:35:42 +0100 (BST), Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >> On 11.0-RELEASE-p9, passwd command >> seems to exit with no error for an ordinary user, >> but the passwd is not updated, i.e. after passwd >> has exited, this user can login only with the old >> password, not the new. >> >> I found this thread: >> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/49802 >> which suggested to use pwd_mkdb. >> >> I decided to check first, and got: >> >> # pwd_mkdb -C /etc/passwd >> pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry >> pwd_mkdb: at line #3 >> pwd_mkdb: /etc/passwd: Inappropriate file type or format >> >> >> Should I be worried? > > No, but use the correct program invocation: > > # pwd_mkdb -C /etc/master.passwd > > That is the _actual_ password file. The "pwd_mkdb" program will > use it to create the appropriate db files. > > See "man pwd_mkdb" for details. > > > >> And how can change my ordinary user's password? > > Usually the "passwd" program is being used. Directly by the user: > > % passwd > > Or by root for a user: > > # passwd <username> > > Check "man 1 passwd" and "man chpass" for additional information. > > The use of this program will cause the databases to be updated > (see above). > > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... >
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