dear users, i have problem with my fresh FreeBSD 6.2 RELEASE i can not adduser to this machine, the error logs was: ns1# pw adduser zen -g wheel -d /home/zen -s /bin/csh pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry pwd_mkdb: at line #12 pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: Inappropriate file type or format pw: user 'zen' disappeared during update ns1# pw adduser zen -g wheel -d /home/zen -s /bin/csh pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry pwd_mkdb: at line #12 pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: Inappropriate file type or format pw: user 'zen' disappeared during update please help regarding this problem TIA Zen
On 3/14/07, Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> wrote:> On 3/14/07, zen <zen@tk-pttuntex.com> wrote: > > dear users, > > i have problem with my fresh FreeBSD 6.2 RELEASE > > i can not adduser to this machine, the error logs was: > > > > ns1# pw adduser zen -g wheel -d /home/zen -s /bin/csh > > pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry > > pwd_mkdb: at line #12 > > pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: Inappropriate file type or format > > pw: user 'zen' disappeared during update > > ns1# pw adduser zen -g wheel -d /home/zen -s /bin/csh > > pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry > > pwd_mkdb: at line #12 > > pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: Inappropriate file type or format > > pw: user 'zen' disappeared during update > > > > please help regarding this problem > > > > You have a corrupt entry on line 12 of /etc/master.passwd. Open > /etc/maser.passwd using vipw. Then go to line 12, and make sure that > all the fields are there for line #12. > > name:passwd:uid:gid:class:change:expire:gecos:home_dir:shell > > daemon:*:1:1::0:0:Owner of many system processes:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin >NOTE: in version 1.40 of the master.passwd file the 12th line is: man:*:9:9::0:0:Mister Man Pages:/usr/share/man:/usr/sbin/nologin Scot -- DISCLAIMER: No electrons were mamed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised.
On 3/14/07, zen <zen@tk-pttuntex.com> wrote:> dear users, > i have problem with my fresh FreeBSD 6.2 RELEASE > i can not adduser to this machine, the error logs was: > > ns1# pw adduser zen -g wheel -d /home/zen -s /bin/csh > pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry > pwd_mkdb: at line #12 > pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: Inappropriate file type or format > pw: user 'zen' disappeared during update > ns1# pw adduser zen -g wheel -d /home/zen -s /bin/csh > pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry > pwd_mkdb: at line #12 > pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: Inappropriate file type or format > pw: user 'zen' disappeared during update > > please help regarding this problem >You have a corrupt entry on line 12 of /etc/master.passwd. Open /etc/maser.passwd using vipw. Then go to line 12, and make sure that all the fields are there for line #12. name:passwd:uid:gid:class:change:expire:gecos:home_dir:shell daemon:*:1:1::0:0:Owner of many system processes:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin Scot -- DISCLAIMER: No electrons were mamed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised.