Problem editing user/group settings
Nifty Hat Mitch
mitch48 at sbcglobal.net
Mon Sep 27 19:50:01 UTC 2004
On Sun, Sep 26, 2004 at 02:12:16AM -0700, Tom Taylor wrote:
>
> Tonight I tried to go into system-config-users to add groups to my user
> account I got the message:
>
> The user database cannot be read. This problem is most likely caused by a
> mismatch in /etc/password and /etc/shadow.
>
> My question is WHY and how do I CORRECT it?
First it should be passwd not password.
Is this typo yours or a bug in the tool.
Are you using any 'other' user database (NIS, LDAP, ...).
We do not know what the problem is so
you need to inspect /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.
First use:
less /etc/passwd
less /etc/shadow
ls -l /etc/passwd /etc/shadow
If looking at the two files does not show you the problem
you might try looking at them side by side.
vim -dR /etc/passwd /etc/shadow.
Look for lines in one that are unpaired on the other.
Then look for errors in each pair.
Tools might help...
Read the man page for "pwck" then "pwconv".
Scan /etc/login.defs
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T o m M i t c h e l l
Me, I would "Rather" Not.
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