Jumping Mouse wrote:
When I try to change a user password I get an error.
I do this:

#  passwd  username
enter a new password and  get: pwd_mkdb:  corrupted entrypwd_mkdb: at line
#24pwd_mkdb: /etc/ptmp: Innapropriate file type or formatpasswd:
etc/master.passwd unchanged

how can I fix this?

# cd /etc
# cp -p spwd.db pwd.db passwd /root/  # backup
# rm spwd* pwd* passwd* ptmp
# pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd
# passwd <username>  # try again

Reply via email to