Somebody could give an answer to me? Andrea[s] Arcangeli
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 21:09:46 +0200 (CEST) From: Andrea Arcangeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: libc6 and db How can I use a db to add accounts to my system? I add to /etc/nsswitch.conf db in passwd field. Then I put a passwd file processed by makedb in /var/db/passwd.db. strace tell that (for example) finger load the db file, but then seems to not take care of it. Maybe the source (ascii) must be coded in a format different to the plain password one? Thanks. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l libc6-dev Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-============================================ ii libc6-dev 2.0.7pre3-1 The GNU C library version 2 (development fil Andrea[s] Arcangeli -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]