On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 02:48:16PM +0000, kevin lyda mentioned:
> > No such user is, alas, a generic error message that can mean that something
> > else is wrong (much like out of memory on older Windows systems). I refer
> > the Honorable Gentleman to the following, in order to Help Himself:
>> i'd guess that there's no user (aka in /etc/passwd) on bartender.
> but beyond guessing i'd probably try to diagnose the problem by doing:
Ah. I was trying to use CVSROOT/passwd, not /etc/passwd. That said, after
doing:
/etc/passwd:anonymous::99:99:Nobody:/:
/etc/shadow:anonymous::11375:0:99999:7:::
I still had no luck.
Kate
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