account db problem

From: Alan Lu <alan_at_ms.unimelb.edu.au>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:44:52 +1000

The user account databases on one of my Tru64 machines obviously have some
problem. (C2 enhanced mode is running)

When dxaccounts is used to add a new user, it finishes perfectly. But when
open dxaccounts again, the newly created user just disappears. However, the
user entry has been added to /etc/passwd, the user can login normally, and
some extended features such as "passwd_min_change_time" are actually taking
effects. But when I use:
        usermod -x passwd_min_change_time=0 testuser
It reports: "usermod: testuser - Unix User not found"

I run "authck -a", it reports the following errors:
        dbopen: /tcb/files/auth.db: Invalid argument
        dbopen: /var/tcb/files/auth.db: Invalid argument
        dbv2_open: /etc/auth/system/ttys.db: Invalid argument

So what's the real problem here and how can I fixed it?

Thanks a lot,


Alan Lu
Unix Systems Admin
The University of Melbourne

P.S.
OS version: Tru64 5.0A 1094, unlimited user numbers

Received on Thu Jul 26 2001 - 03:45:06 NZST

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