Hi, If the problem still exists try
get master.passwd from /var/backups run the command # pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd
Regards SSR
From: Dave Banning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sunil Sunder Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: can't login as anyone - not even as root! Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 21:40:20 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, Sunil for the steps, but I have tried that already.
When I get to the # prompt in single user mode, I cannot use the passwd command. I get the error;;
passwd: error opening database: /etc/pwd.db: Permission denied passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged
and permissions are as follows;
# ls -tld /etc drwxr-xr-x 17 root wheel 2560 Aug 28 09:16 /etc
# ls -tld /etc/pwd.db drw---r-- 1 root wheeel 40960 Aug 28 09:12 /etc/pwd.db
I -can- execute vipw and change passwords. It updates all the files master.passwd, spwd.db, passwd, and pwd.db without error.
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