Creating alternate passwd file (solved)

[Micah]

Micah wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to create a master.passwd file that I can crack as part of a 
> demo for an IAS class. I don't want to muck about with my live 
> master.passwd or even a copy of it, since the passwords there take too 
> long to crack.
> 
> I tried copying /usr/src/etc/master.passwd and /usr/src/etc/group to and 
> empty folder called /root/crackdemo/  I then did:
> pw -V /root/crackdemo/ usermod root -h 0
> new password for user root: secret
> pw: user 'root' does not exist (NIS?)
> 
> I then tried:
> pwd_mkdb -d /root/crackdemo/ master.passwd
> pw -V /root/crackdemo/ usermod root -h 0
> new password for user root: secret
> pw: user 'root' does not exist (NIS?)
> 
> What did I do wrong?  Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Micah

Shows what taking a few minute break will do.  I did a pwd_mkdb -d 
/root/crackdemo/ -p master.passwd, (I added the -p flag) and now pw 
works with it.  Now on to making some users with stupid passwords.

Sorry for the noise,
Micah