Solved Problems after merging files during the update from FreeBSD 13 to 14

[hbsd]

pwd_mkdb -p master.passwd

I'm so sorry to bother you...
In single user mode it says no such file or directory.

 

[VladiBG]

You need to remove only the merge markers. Do not copy/paste the entire file.

The Lines that you need to remove are the following

<<<<<<< current versions <-----REMOVE
# $FreeBSD$
#
root:$6$EyyKWIz9axa1uuXC$2lcKB/9on1Jx/hmsPLb1vQ.nDNsNpsKYCmHenSuRnOd1ksn5uAhzoyqSpHexDRxE8xKVffWYbkbzM75PX/lpP0:0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh
======= <-----REMOVE
root::0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/sh<-----REMOVE
>>>>>>> 14.1-RELEASE<-----REMOVE
toor:*:0:0::0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root:
daemon:*:1:1::0:0:Owner of many system processes:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin
operator:*:2:5::0:0:System &:/:/usr/sbin/nologin

 

[VladiBG]

I'm so sorry to bother you...
In single user mode it says no such file or directory.

You need to be in /etc
Otherwise you need to run it to the full path as

pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd


 

[hbsd]

pwd_mkdb: /etc/master.passwd: inappropriate file type or format

 

[hbsd]

I ran pwd_mkdb command and still got errors.

 

[hbsd]

I have no files in root directory...

 

[SirDice]

Is that last line in /etc/master.passwd really there? The one that begins with /var/db/freebsd-update/merge/new...... That''s not supposed to be there, and you should probably remove it.

 

[VladiBG]

This need to be on single row:

root:$6$EyyKWIz9axa1uuXC$2lcKB/9on1Jx/hmsPLb1vQ.nDNsNpsKYCmHenSuRnOd1ksn5uAhzoyqSpHexDRxE8xKVffWYbkbzM75PX/lpP0:0:0::0:0:Charlie &amp;:/root:/bin/csh

Instead of

root:$6$EyyKWIz9axa1uuXC$2lcKB/9on1Jx/hmsPLb1vQ.nDNsNpsKYCmHenSuRnOd1ksn5uAhzoyqSpHexDRxE8xK
VffWYbkbzM75PX/lpP0:0:0::0:0:Charlie &amp;:/root:/bin/csh

Or if you want to remove the entire password enter

root::0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/sh

Then change your password using passwd command

 

[hbsd]

passwd:

master.passwd:

Thank you for your help, but the same problems still exist. I went back to the beginning of the posts and re-ran the commands, but I still get the same errors.

 

[hbsd]

Or if you want to remove the entire password enter

Then change your password using passwd command

I did that and still cant change password with passwd and got the same error

 

[hbsd]

One question) If I boot FreeBSD 14.2 onto a flash drive, will I definitely be able to fix the problem?

 

[hbsd]

Guys thank you so much for all the helps I solve the problem root password and create normal user with this command:

/usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd

 

[T-Aoki]

Just a FYI for the future merges.

You'd better removing top 2 lines starting from "#" with vipw.
Don't forget to set EDITOR environment veriable with your choice, unless you're already familiar with vi. (For single use mode, if you're not familiar with vi, ee is strongly [almost mandatory] recommended.)
vipw would run pwd_mkdb properly after editing (with the editor specified with EDITOR environment variable) and saving /etc/master.passwd, once it checked the sanity of /etc/master.passwd.

And clearly, DEFAULT SHELL FOR ROOT SHALL NOT BE CHANGED FOREVER!!!!!
Or at least, need special handling on etcupdate (somehow excluding it from merging) for the time POSIX mandates disposing sh and change to someting (quite unlikely to be happened, though).