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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Back to disabled logins...
Date: 8 Dec 93 19:33:26
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
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In-reply-to: shaman@mv.mv.com's message of Tue, 30 Nov 1993 00:40:00 GMT

In article <CHA4Ip.91B@mv.mv.com> shaman@mv.mv.com (Coranth Gryphon) writes:

   I get the following: 

	   channel# id
	   uid=0(root) gid=0(wheel)

	   channel# passwd
	   passwd: unknown user root.

A suggestion....

Try re-compiling both pwd_mkdb & passwd.  I don't know about NetBSD, but
the spwd format changed between 386BSD0.1.2.4 and FreeBSD.

Brian.
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>