Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 15:30:21 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: phace@eden.com (Tony Montana) Cc: dgy@rtd.com, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Cannot add users Message-ID: <199607241330.PAA03439@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960724072404.14385D-100000@matrix.eden.com> from Tony Montana at "Jul 24, 96 07:37:30 am"
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> > > On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, Don Yuniskis wrote: > > > > When attempting to execute the 'adduser' command as root on my FreeBSD > > > R2.1 box i get the following: > > > > > > pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: Permission denied > > > Invalid /etc/master.passwd - cannot add any users! > > > > > > The permissions are set correctly: > > > -rw------- 1 root wheel 1018 Jul 24 03:33 master.passwd > > > > I assume you're running as root at the time? > yes i am root > > > And, the permissions for /etc are OK? > Yes they are correct (see above) > > > Does vipw allow you to manually change/add to the password database > (or, does it blow up, too?) > This is what i get: > > /etc/pw.000623:13 lines, 719 characters. > vipw: rebulding the database... > pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry > pwd_mkdb: at line #13 > pwd_mkdb: /etc/pw.000623: Inappropriate file type or format > re-edit the password file? [y]: Aha! And what does line 13 look like? Did you ommit the :0:0 fields? > > > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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