Date: 27 Sep 2005 09:53:38 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Jarrod Harch <jarrod.harch@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user account changes lost on reboot Message-ID: <44achyhb19.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <f76ea10d05092520176ee1032e@mail.gmail.com> References: <f76ea10d05092520176ee1032e@mail.gmail.com>
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Jarrod Harch <jarrod.harch@gmail.com> writes: Jarrod Harch <jarrod.harch@gmail.com> writes: > Hi, I just setup a new 5.4 install, which went fairly well. I added > some accounts - I used adduser to do one account, and logged on as the > user OK. The other account was created when I installed gdm as the > display manager. > > On rebooting the root password is missing, the user account I created > is also gone (but the home directory and files are still there). gdm > won't start, complaining that the gdm user doesn't exist. > > I recreated the user again but it vanished after the next boot. > > Does anyone know what might cause these account changes to be lost? > Sorry if this has been answered already, I couldn't find anything on > Google or mailing lists. This is pretty weird all right. Is the user's home directory still present? If you run vipw(8), do you see the user there?
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