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From: "Alex R.N. Wetmore" <aw2t+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: [NetBSD 0.9] Some problems
Date: Fri,  8 Oct 1993 12:20:06 -0400
Organization: Junior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.386bsd.questions: 8-Oct-93 Re: [NetBSD
0.9] Some problems by Marc van Kempen@rwa.urc. 
> >1. I get the message: /etc/spwd.db : inappropriate file type .....
> >       I know the db format has changed. And I recompiled bash and tcsh
> >       to try them, but I still get these messages.
> >       I also use the secure09 package, so I do have crypt installed.
> >       What could I be doing wrong, should I link with -lcrypt or
> >       perhaps some other library????
> This only happens when I'm running X, not logging in at the console.

Get a version of Xfree86 that has been compiled for the new db format. 
You should be able to get this off of sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu in
/pub/NetBSD/ports or off of freebsd.cdrom.com in /pub/FreeBSD somewhere.

alex