On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 05:11:29PM +1100, Chris wrote:
> On 11/6/07, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Chris wrote:
> > there SHOULD be a user "nobody".
> > There always has been (at least, since 1995). Take a look in cvsweb,
> > or better yet, check your backups.
> > Something deleted it. That's not good.
>
> You are right. I accidentally installed the "new" passwd file while
> merging files with mergemaster. I have restored the /etc/passwd and
> /etc/master.passwd files from the backup but that didn't solve the
> issue. Is there anything I should run to update the passwd files or
> anything else?
>
> Thanks for your help.
You should also restore /etc/pwd.db and /etc/spwd.db, or recretae them
using pwd_mkdb(8).
-Otto
