user disappeared during update error

Question

I did a upgrade to FreeBSD 9 a few weeks ago and just started using it, and when I try and create a new user, I get the follow:

pw: user 'todd' disappeared during update
adduser: ERROR: There was an error adding user (todd).

I first noticed this issue when trying to install postfix and got a similar error.

Anyone know what this is or how to fix it without a complete re-install?

Some people have suggested shutting down the nscd daemon, but that doesn't fix the problem.

score 26 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 29 '12 at 11:08

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Did you try to regenerate your password database with vipw? Some people reported this error, when /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd got out of sync

answered Feb 29 '12 at 11:08

arved

This fixed the error when I was upgrading from 10.3 to 11, during the pkg update step to rebuild all installed ports. – Eric Oct 15 '17 at 18:50
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/usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd – nbari May 06 '18 at 13:16

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