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From: "James R. MacCurdy" <maccurdy@deltanet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: BSDI passwords trashed -- suggestions?
Date: 26 Jan 1996 00:50:31 GMT
Organization: Cogito Development
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On several occasions, I've added users to my BSDI/2.0 
box with the adduser utility only to find the 
master.passwd file trashed afterwards.  In such an 
event, the file contains blank password fields for most 
users (including root), allowing unrestricted logins.

Possibly unrelated to this, the machine will also not 
allow users to change their password using the passwd 
utility; it gives the message "Password changed 
elsewhere, no changes made."

Please email and post replies.  I will be grateful if 
someone can make a suggestion here; BSDI refers me to 
the sales department to purchase a support contract 
before they will answer the question.

-- James R. MacCurdy