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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!aw2t+ 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 Lines: 16 Distribution: world Message-ID: <8ghNAqm00WBKM4CKB1@andrew.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: po5.andrew.cmu.edu In-Reply-To: <wmbfmk.750092323@rwa.urc.tue.nl> 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