Problem editing user/group settings

[Charles R. Anderson]

On Sun, Sep 26, 2004 at 09:03:40AM -0700, Tom Taylor wrote:
> 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?

pwconv
grpconv

> I want to do this so I can add groups to my user account so I can add devices 
> to my user desktop.

It shouldn't be necessary to do that.  What devices are you trying to
access?  Everything should just work as a normal user without editing
groups.