deleted /etc/login.conf.db

Polytropon freebsd at edvax.de
Wed Feb 25 17:25:39 UTC 2015


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. :-)



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