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Bug 70257 - mkpasswd gives error
Summary: mkpasswd gives error
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2004-11-06 05:32 UTC by NightTwix
Modified: 2004-11-07 02:46 UTC (History)
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Description NightTwix 2004-11-06 05:32:24 UTC 
# /usr/sbin/mkpasswd 
/usr/sbin/mkpasswd: no DBM database on system - no action performed


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.
2.
3.



Expected Results:  
give me an encrypted password

Portage 2.0.51-r2 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.
8-gentoo-r7 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r7 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1
Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.8-r1
Headers:  sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.21-r1
Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER=""
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.
3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /
usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks sandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/
distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow X aalib acl acpi alsa apache2 apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-
fonts bzlib cdr crypt directfb divx4linux encode esd ethereal f77 fbcom 
foomaticdb ftp gdbm gif gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml imlib ipv6 jpeg libg++ libwww mad 
maildir mikmod mime mmx motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses nls nocd offensive 
oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl php png prelude python qt quicktime 
readline sdl slang snmp sockets spell sse ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype unicode 
usb vhosts videos wmf x86 xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
Comment 1 Tor Klingberg 2004-11-06 14:58:00 UTC 
Same thing here. If you just want to create a random password, you probably want the command 'makepasswd' (package: app-admin/makepasswd)
Comment 2 Olivier Crete (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-11-06 21:15:07 UTC 
mkpasswd is probably not what you want.. see comment #1
Comment 3 NightTwix 2004-11-07 02:46:09 UTC 
ok, i used dancer-ircd-mkpasswd

but that doesnt explain why i get this DBM error