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Date:      Wed, 3 Apr 2002 18:12:27 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@highperformance.net>
To:        Bryan Berch <ridefree@charterpa.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: installworld failure
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0204031809490.3076-100000@server2.highperformance.net>
In-Reply-To: <3CABB23F.3000302@charterpa.net>

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On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Bryan Berch wrote:

> Alex wrote:
> >On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Bryan Berch wrote:
> >
> >>I am getting the same error messages when doing make installworld, but I
> >>have the right lines in /etc/master.passwd and /etc/group from previous
> >>mergemaster.  Is there something else I should try?
> >>
> >
> >Try deleting the entries and then use pw to put them back. Worked for me.
> >
> I tried deleting the entries and using pw to put them back in, but get 
> told that they already exist.  Then I tried using pw to delete them and 
> it tells me they do not exist.  Is there another way to get the system 
> to recognize the smmsp and mailnull?

Did you use 'vipw' to edit your passwd databases?  You must use 'vipw' to
edit the passwd database to be sure that the shadow passwd database is
updated.  If not, there is also something like 'pw_mkdb' to update your
databases.

Later,
Jason C. Wells


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