Re[2]: Upgrading 5.2.1 to 5.3R2 (Maybe a problem adding a user) [SOLVED]
GS Gerard Samuel wrote: Gerard Samuel wrote: Ok, so I upgraded, ran mergemaster, and merged /etc/group (and /etc/master.passwd I think) via mergemaster. I merged those files to retain my non root user account. I rebooted, and I haven't been able to log into my non root account. I tried to readd the account via adduser, but it says that the user already exists. So I tried rmuser, and it says that the user doesn't exist. So I manually removed the account name from /etc/group, /etc/master.passwd, /etc/passwd, and tried to add the user, via adduser. When it tries to add the user, it fails (dont remember the message right now). Anyone has any suggestions on how I can get the old user account back?? N.B. I did back up /etc before mergemaster... Thanks GS Well I got it working again. Im not sure what fixed it, but I believe GS running vipw fixed what was wrong with it... - You've read this ? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=passwdapropos=0sektion=0manpath=FreeBSD+5.2.1-RELEASE+and+Portsformat=html And you do understand that you should run pwd_mkdb after manually editing the passwd file (vipw actually does that for you) ? My take on your problem would be that you merged the 2 files and did not run pwd_mkdb after that which led to an inconsistent state between /etc/passwd/ and /etc/master.passwd which is the main user database. Take that with a grant of suspection as I am really no expert ;) mfg Hexren ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgrading 5.2.1 to 5.3R2 (Maybe a problem adding a user) [SOLVED]
Gerard Samuel wrote: Gerard Samuel wrote: Ok, so I upgraded, ran mergemaster, and merged /etc/group (and /etc/master.passwd I think) via mergemaster. I merged those files to retain my non root user account. I rebooted, and I haven't been able to log into my non root account. I tried to readd the account via adduser, but it says that the user already exists. So I tried rmuser, and it says that the user doesn't exist. So I manually removed the account name from /etc/group, /etc/master.passwd, /etc/passwd, and tried to add the user, via adduser. When it tries to add the user, it fails (dont remember the message right now). I tried adding another account on the box, and the Im getting the same error... This time I got the error message from adduser OK? (yes/no): yes pw: user 'test' disappeared during update adduser: ERROR: There was an error adding user (test). Add another user? (yes/no): no Anyone has any suggestions on how I can get the old user account back?? N.B. I did back up /etc before mergemaster... Thanks Well I got it working again. Im not sure what fixed it, but I believe running vipw fixed what was wrong with it... ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
