Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!admaix.sunydutchess.edu!ub!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!mail1.sas.upenn.edu!eumansky From: eumansky@mail1.sas.upenn.edu (Eric M. Umansky) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: corrupt etc/spwd.db Date: 2 May 1996 06:01:22 GMT Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4m9j3i$qcq@netnews.upenn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mail1.sas.upenn.edu Keyword: X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2-upenn1.3] For unknown reasons, the spwd.db and passwd files seem to have erased themselves. We have been able to access the files using single user-mode, but the problem is that we don't know what to put in the spwd.db file. And until we can put something there, we are SOL. So any suggestions on where we might be able to find what goes in these files? Please respond to: umansky@motherjones.com whisenant@motherjones.com