Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 08:22:02 +0000 (GMT) From: Michael Hallgren <hallgren@viking.easynet.fr> To: Wei Weng <wweng@stevens-tech.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: change default shell for root Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971007082011.12210A-100000@viking.easynet.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.971006172039.10394A-100000@attila.stevens-tech.edu>
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Well,... it seems like you've got a bug in your pswd file, on the line carrying the root account. I'd firstly change the root pswd, try updating the db. If it still doesn't work, use vipw to check the first line ;-) Cheers Michael --- Michael Hallgren Easynet France http://w3.easynet.fr 'finger hallgren@range2.easynet.fr' for Public Key PGP Key fingerprint = D2 47 C8 D1 4D 2B AF 32 3D 4E A3 0F D4 A2 DB 9E On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Wei Weng wrote: > Could you tell me how exactly I should do? I tried pwd_mkdb -c passwd but > it says: > pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry > pwd_mkdb: at line #1 > pwd_mkdb: passwd: inappropiate file type or format > > So what should I do then? > > ja ne > > ************************************************************ > Wei Weng & A N NIIIM MEEEE * > Box s-1398 & A A NN N I MM MM * > Stevens Institute of Technology& A A N N N I M M MEEEE * > Hoboken, NJ 07030 & AAAAAAAN NN I M M * > wweng@stevens-tech.edu &A A NIIIM MEEEE * > ************************************************************ > > On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Michael Hallgren wrote: > > > > > pwd_mkdb.. if I'm not misspelling ;-) > > > > Michael > > > > --- > > Michael Hallgren Easynet France http://w3.easynet.fr > > 'finger hallgren@range2.easynet.fr' for Public Key > > PGP Key fingerprint = D2 47 C8 D1 4D 2B AF 32 3D 4E A3 0F D4 A2 DB 9E > > > > On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Wei Weng wrote: > >
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