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From: j@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: syslog: /etc/spwd.db Inappropriate file type or format
Date: 25 Oct 1993 22:05:04 +0100
Organization: Textil Computer Design GmbH Dresden, Germany
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Message-ID: <2ahf20INNnem@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>
References: <bindga.3.751161739@saturn.wwc.edu> <csshah.751169378@sunvis2>
NNTP-Posting-Host: bonnie.tcd-dresden.de
Keywords: XFree86,NetBSD
In <csshah.751169378@sunvis2> csshah@sunvis2.vislab.olemiss.edu (Viren R. Shah) writes:
>In <bindga.3.751161739@saturn.wwc.edu> bindga@saturn.wwc.edu (GARRITT CHRIS BINDER) writes:
>> I have a NetBSD box running XFree86. I have been getting the
>>message "syslog: /etc/spwd.db Inappropriate file type or format." I have
>>recently started using XFree86-1.3u1-xdm-des for my logins. Sometimes the
>>machine won't allow any typing in the login box. This makes it hard to
>>login. Eventually the machine needs to be rebooted.
>I'm having the same problem with FreeBSD running shadow passwords, and
>XFree86 1.3u1 with xdm-des. I can't login at all with xdm :(
The database format has been changed in NetBSD and FreeBSD. You must
be sure to get *recent* binaries for both systems.
Since the release of XFree86 2.0 is to be expected within the next
few days, await the announcement and then get recent sources e.g.
from freefall.cdrom.com.
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