deleted /etc/login.conf.db

Andrew Gould andrewlylegould at gmail.com
Wed Feb 25 17:26:28 UTC 2015


On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:20:55 -0600, Andrew Gould wrote:
> > I accidentally deleted /etc/login.conf.db on one of my computers.
> >
> > 1. How bad have I messed up?
>
> Not much. :-)
>
>
>
> > 2. Is it something the system will recreate automatically?
>
> Probably not.
>
>
>
> > 3.  Are there steps that I need to take to recreate it?
>
> That's simple: "cap_mkdb -f /etc/login.conf.db /etc/login.conf".
> See "man cap_mkdb" for details. Simple solutions for simple
> mistakes. :-)
>
>
>
> --
> Polytropon
> Magdeburg, Germany
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> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
>

Thank you!!!


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