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From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can't login to NetBSD using YP
Date: 5 Jan 1997 22:30:18 -0800
Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc.
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Message-ID: <5aq65q$cbq@cynic.portal.ca>
References: <32D04AAD.7B71@ozy.dec.com>
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Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5089

In article <32D04AAD.7B71@ozy.dec.com>,
Patrick Crilly  <crilly@ozy.dec.com> wrote:

>I edited /etc/master.passwd and
>/etc/passwd and made the last line "+:" 

Don't do this. Use `vipw' to edit the master.passwd file, and add
+::::::: (or whatever the right number of colons is) to the end of
the file.

cjs
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