I seem to remeber having to run a pw database update command with a mergemaster very recently. Did everyone experiencing the problem do that? I have had no such problems. I also allowed mergemaster to clobber my /etc/master.passwd file as I only had two users and getting them back was simple since I have no NIS running etc. Dave On Monday, April 28, 2003, at 06:43 AM, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: > On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 04:05:05PM +0800, leafy wrote: >> A 'vipw' saved my ass but can I be sure that it won't >> happen again? > > Yes. Once you have done `vipw' (which calls `pwd_mkdb'), all of your > entries were updated to the new format and there will be no more > trouble. > > Cheers, > -- > Jacques Vidrine . NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX . Heimdal > nectar_at_celabo.org . jvidrine_at_verio.net . nectar_at_freebsd.org . > nectar_at_kth.se > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org"Received on Mon Apr 28 2003 - 02:54:00 UTC
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