> > pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd
>Cheers,
>Matthew
> > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
> That did it! Now I can login as nonroot and startx.
(snip)
Sorry, I didn't mean to send this old message again! I changed this message to
send to freebsd-stable list, save
> pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd
Cheers,
Matthew
> Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
That did it! Now I can login as nonroot and startx.
I found pwd_mkdb in my searching, but would not have known to use '-p'. I
might have done
pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd
from Do
> pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd
Cheers,
Matthew
> Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
That did it! Now I can login as nonroot and startx.
I found pwd_mkdb in my searching, but would not have known to use '-p'. I
might have done
pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd
from Do
On 10/28/2011 20:44, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
>> On 10/28/2011 20:09, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
On 10/28/2011 01:43, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> How does one run mergemaster without running r
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 10/28/2011 20:09, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
>>> On 10/28/2011 01:43, Thomas Mueller wrote:
How does one run mergemaster without running roughshod over existing
configuration?
>>>
On 10/28/2011 20:09, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
>> On 10/28/2011 01:43, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>>> How does one run mergemaster without running roughshod over existing
>>> configuration?
>>
>> Carefully? :) Seriously ... always use the -P option, an
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
>> On 10/28/2011 01:43, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>>> How does one run mergemaster without running roughshod over existing
>>> configuration?
>>
>> Carefully? :) Seriously ... always use the
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 10/28/2011 01:43, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>> How does one run mergemaster without running roughshod over existing
>> configuration?
>
> Carefully? :) Seriously ... always use the -P option, and/or add
> PRESERVE_FILES in your mergemaster rc
On 10/28/2011 07:57, kama wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 28 Oct 2011, John Baldwin wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:14:51 am Ed Schouten wrote:
>>> * Tom Evans , 20111027 13:06:
I have had this happen before, the PEBKAC. When running mergemaster,
it will prompt you to install new pass
On 10/28/2011 01:43, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> How does one run mergemaster without running roughshod over existing
> configuration?
Carefully? :) Seriously ... always use the -P option, and/or add
PRESERVE_FILES in your mergemaster rc file. Watch the changes carefully.
If you have to, do the upda
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:14:51 am Ed Schouten wrote:
> > * Tom Evans , 20111027 13:06:
> > > I have had this happen before, the PEBKAC. When running mergemaster,
> > > it will prompt you to install new passwd, master.passwd and group
> > > files
On Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:14:51 am Ed Schouten wrote:
> * Tom Evans , 20111027 13:06:
> > I have had this happen before, the PEBKAC. When running mergemaster,
> > it will prompt you to install new passwd, master.passwd and group
> > files - if you have added local users you must not say yes t
On Friday, October 28, 2011 4:43:28 am Thomas Mueller wrote:
> from Tom Evans :
>
> I have had this happen before, the PEBKAC. When running mergemaster,
> > it will prompt you to install new passwd, master.passwd and group
> > files - if you have added local users you must not say yes to this,
> >
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Thomas Mueller
wrote:
> Update: the fix didn't work, even though I have the necessary things in
> master.passwd and /etc/rc.conf .
Did you re-run pwd_mkdb?
> How does one run mergemaster without running roughshod over existing
> configuration?
>
So when merge
On 28/10/2011 11:05, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> I still can't login as any nonroot user, even though I see the lines
> in /etc/master.passwd, which I copied back from backup, and if I
> startx as root, there is no response to keyboard or mouse.
pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd
Cheers,
from Tom Evans :
I have had this happen before, the PEBKAC. When running mergemaster,
> it will prompt you to install new passwd, master.passwd and group
> files - if you have added local users you must not say yes to this,
> you must either merge the changes in or keep your local one.
> If you
from Tom Evans :
I have had this happen before, the PEBKAC. When running mergemaster,
> it will prompt you to install new passwd, master.passwd and group
> files - if you have added local users you must not say yes to this,
> you must either merge the changes in or keep your local one.
> If you
On Oct 27, 2011, at 4:14 AM, Ed Schouten wrote:
> * Tom Evans , 20111027 13:06:
>> I have had this happen before, the PEBKAC. When running mergemaster,
>> it will prompt you to install new passwd, master.passwd and group
>> files - if you have added local users you must not say yes to this,
>> you
On 27/10/2011 11:22, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> I just finished the upgrade from source from 9.0-BETA2 to RC1, and I find two
> problems.
>
> First, I lost my users; nonroot user names are not recognized, if for
> instance I type
>
> passwd arlene
>
> I already tried to login as arlene with old pass
* Tom Evans , 20111027 13:06:
> I have had this happen before, the PEBKAC. When running mergemaster,
> it will prompt you to install new passwd, master.passwd and group
> files - if you have added local users you must not say yes to this,
> you must either merge the changes in or keep your local on
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Thomas Mueller
wrote:
> I just finished the upgrade from source from 9.0-BETA2 to RC1, and I find two
> problems.
>
> First, I lost my users; nonroot user names are not recognized, if for
> instance I type
>
> passwd arlene
>
> I already tried to login as arlene
I just finished the upgrade from source from 9.0-BETA2 to RC1, and I find two
problems.
First, I lost my users; nonroot user names are not recognized, if for instance
I type
passwd arlene
I already tried to login as arlene with old password, no good.
I copied the /etc directory to a backup on
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