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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!paladin.american.edu!gatech!cae.cad.gatech.edu!cae.cad.gatech.edu!not-for-mail From: dgal@cad.gatech.edu (Damon Gallaty) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: [NetBSD 0.9] "spwd.db - Inappropriate file type or format" error Date: 2 Dec 1993 08:44:53 -0500 Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 17 Message-ID: <2dkrgl$bi@cae.cad.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cae.cad.gatech.edu Keywords: netbsd, spwd.db, error I'm getting the error "spwd.db - Inappropriate file type or format" every time I boot NetBSD 0.9. I've tried numerous things to fix it: Recopying the file from the distribution, re-creating the file using vipw, removing the file and then letting vipw rebuild it. I know this has come up before, and I've searched the BSD news archives to find the answer. Unfortunately, I never saw a really good answer, or one that actually fixed the problem. Has anybody figured this one out? I'd like to see a solution that has been tried and worked, not just theories. However, if theory is all we've got, I'll try them too. Thanks... -- Damon Gallaty gt6525c@prism.gatech.edu "A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men..."