Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 4 Jan 2002 06:05:40 +0100
From:      Karsten Patzwaldt <karsten@gate5.de>
To:        Henry smith <getzz11@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.5-PRE crash!
Message-ID:  <20020104060540.B58989@orion.gate5.de>
In-Reply-To: <20020104044546.96714.qmail@web21109.mail.yahoo.com>; from getzz11@yahoo.com on Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 08:45:46PM -0800
References:  <20020104044546.96714.qmail@web21109.mail.yahoo.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 08:45:46PM -0800, Henry smith wrote:
> I just upgraded from FreBSD4.3-RELEASE to
> FreeBSD4.5-PRE
> 
> When I try to login, there was an error:
> 
> Login: root
> /etc/spwd.db: Inappropriate file type or format
> 
> Anybody know what should I do to fix this problem ?

Always run mergemaster after upgrading. Looks like the format of /etc/spwd.db
has changed.

For this specific problem, running pwd_mkdb should suffice.

	Karsten

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20020104060540.B58989>