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No, just passwd, passwd-, and passwd.bak.  The same for shadow.  Is there
some other way of rebuilting them???

Kyle


Mark Gelinas wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 12:26:23AM +0000, kyle at breezy.com wrote:
> > No change, still returns "[I have no name!@"  Any other suggestions???
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Kyle
> >
> Does your system use a hashed database for the passwords (ie., do you have
> the files /etc/passwd.dir and /etc/passwd.pag)?  If so, they might have
> become corrupted.  Try using 'mkpasswd' or 'vipw' as root to rebuild them.
>
> Also review your password file for blank lines, comments, or incomplete
> entries. Any of these can cause the password file to be ignored entirely,
> or at least ignore everything after the bad data.
>
> MarkG
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