Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 23:21:55 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: David Syphers <dsyphers@oddjob.uchicago.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: transferring data (after losing all non-root logins) Message-ID: <3EF7EE02.E38803F4@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10306231806320.15277-100000@oddjob.uchicago.edu>
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David Syphers wrote: > I recently forgot my root password, rebooted single-user and changed it, > and immediately afterwards the computer denied the existence of any > non-root users (home directories still there for those that had them, > they still have login shells, etc.). This was the only change made to > the system. This is a -current system from late April that was in storage > for a while. There was a change to the database file format that dealt with byte order independence. You can probably use the older pwd_mkdb and recover all your accounts by reverting the "upgrade" from using the new utility. See also the CVS log for the passwd program, and the discussion on the -current mailing list (I believe the change was PHK's idea; I didn't participate in the discussion). -- Terry
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