On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Polytropon <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 28 May 2012 08:44:46 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: >> I have copied the file master.passwd.bak from /var/backups/ into /etc/ >> and it still does not work. I cannot get around this error. > > You have to make sure /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd have > the same content (just that they differ in passwords and in > file permissions). The database files /etc/(s)pwd.db will be > created from those files by the pwd_mkdb command. This of > course requires root access (which I assume you have made > sure). > >> Is there a way to fix it via livecd/livedvd, or can I copy it from >> another machine and resync it? > > You can use the files (_both_ files!) from before starting > the dbus installation. Regenerate the databases with the > pwd_mkdb command. > >> Or do I just flat install FreeBSD again and be done with it? > > That is possible, but should be your last option. > > --
I have run the command as root user # pwd_mkdb -d /etc/master.passwd but it fails with a pam_auth() or I can't remember exact error message, I will need to run command and post the exact error message here :( Either do this, or install a desktop which does not depend on devel/dbus package(s). Regards, Antonio _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
