[1119] in NetBSD-Development
Re: limekiller needs a new passwd file
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Nygren)
Tue Nov 14 00:16:47 1995
To: eichin@MIT.EDU
Cc: netbsd-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 13 Nov 1995 23:48:03 EST."
<9511140448.AA03264@tito.cygnus.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 00:16:05 -0500
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
> limekiller had an /etc/passwd, passwd.local, and master.passwd, that
> all contained a single line for user nygren and a line for the current
> user. No entry for root, which caused everything in inetd.conf that
> was run by root to fail; also su and ksu gave "no user root".
Ooops. I was a bonehead. :-( Never try to add yourself to
/etc/passwd and /etc/passwd.local when you're tired and doing a
gadzillion other things at once. I don't think I'm in ~root/.klogin
so someone else will have to fix things...
Sorry,
Erik
