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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!hookup!swrinde!gatech!udel!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!sundog.tiac.net!rick From: rick@vox.trystero.com (Richard E. Nickle) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Cant add new account in FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 Date: 08 Aug 1994 16:03:41 GMT Organization: The Internet Access Company Lines: 24 Distribution: world Message-ID: <RICK.94Aug8120341@vox.trystero.com> References: <wgalazka.180.2E4621E6@chem.uw.edu.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: vox.trystero.com In-reply-to: wgalazka@chem.uw.edu.pl's message of Mon, 8 Aug 1994 12:15:34 GMT In article <wgalazka.180.2E4621E6@chem.uw.edu.pl> wgalazka@chem.uw.edu.pl (Wojciech Galazka) writes: > Hi all, > I'm, trying to set up new account on my FreeBSD 1.1.5.1. I've added > new line to /etc/passwd and to /etc/master.passwd but nothing happened :( > Seems to me these two files are not read at all ! I still get that root's name > is Charlie Roor although I've changed "Charlie Root" in /etc/master.passwd > to "El Commendante" - finger still claims it's "Charlie ":( > What should I do now ? > Wojciech Galazka You only have to add it to /etc/master.passwd, then type (as root!), pwd_mkdb. If it's not on your PATH, it's in /sbin or somewhere like that. This will generate a local hashed database of passwords, and create nice 'compatibility' versions of the old /etc/passwd format. 'man pwd_mkdb' ///////////////////////////////////////////////////****************** // Wojciech Galazka <wgalazka@chem.uw.edu.pl> // * // Computer Center // Chemistry - yes,* // Chemistry Department, University of Warsaw // Distortions- no * // Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland // * ///////////////////////////////////////////////////******************