Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 14:35:01 +0800 From: Spades <spades@galaxynet.org> To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: passwd Message-ID: <3.0.32.20000919143501.009fdc40@smtp.magix.com.sg>
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Server will not boot into single mode. At 09:50 PM 9/18/00 -0700, you wrote: >On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 12:30:43PM +0800, Spades wrote: >> I overwritten my /etc/passwd with /etc/adduser.conf and accidentally >> rebooted, now the passwds all cannot work. When i rename /etc/master.passwd >> to /etc/passwd, it might work too. >> >> When I run the passwd command, I get an error saying that the /etc/pwd.db >> is an incorrect file type or format. It looks like both, the /etc/pwd.db >> and /etc/spwd.db are corrupted. I am trying to get something working so >> that i can log in. >> >> Any idea? > >If you still have an intact master.passwd, just boot into single user, > > # pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd > >And you're set. >-- >Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu > Spades (CService5) CService Nick Password http://www.cservice.galaxynet.org ` _ , ' - (o)o) - -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-ooO'(_)--Ooo-*-*-*- Bryan, Lee Chenghui | ICQ UIN: 1558635 | spades@galaxynet.org | Global - irc.provalue.net | Operator- services.galaxynet.org | ================================= "A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds..." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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