Date: 07 Sep 1998 17:29:42 -0400 From: Kevin Street <street@iname.com> To: Dr R D Gidden <rdg@theleys.cambs.sch.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Invalid master.passwd file Message-ID: <87hfyj4nnd.fsf@kstreet.interlog.com> In-Reply-To: Dr R D Gidden's message of "Mon, 07 Sep 1998 18:17:24 %2B0000 (GMT)" References: <Marcel-1.08-0907181724-0b0cqa6@barium.theleys.cambs.sch.uk>
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Dr R D Gidden <rdg@theleys.cambs.sch.uk> writes: > I've done something stupid while running adduser > which has left /etc/master.passwd looking like > /etc/passwd, ie with a single * in the password field > instead of the encrypted gobbledegook. snip > I have over 700 users in this file (AARGH!): is it possible > to work back from the .db file(s)? My backup was just > *before* a whole slew of new users were added :-(( Bob, I don't know about working backwards from the .db files, but have you checked in /var/backups to see if there's a good version there? The standard cron jobs backup master.passwd daily if it has been changed, at least they do on FreeBSD 3.0. (I'm assuming that when you say "my backup" you mean system backups you've done yourself) -- Kevin Street street@iName.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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