Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:40:44 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: philip brown <brown_philip@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: user haldaemon does not exist Message-ID: <456F4FDC.2080702@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <585681.53486.qm@web53006.mail.yahoo.com> References: <585681.53486.qm@web53006.mail.yahoo.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 philip brown wrote: > I'm running 6.2 RC1 and I get the following error > message (follows) when hald tries to start up. > > I added a regular user named "haldaemon" with adduser > and hald all worked fine. > > I also > 1.) commented out cdrom device in /etc/fstab > 2.) made sure /media folder existed > 3.) pw group mod operator -m philip as in q.19 g2 faq > > so I do have a working hald installation, however I > would like "haldaemon" as a system account (ie. like > www or uucp or pop). not like a regular end user (ie. > philip david dweezil moon_unit). > > I am relatively new to freebsd administration, can > somebody please advise how I would achieve this. > > I would imagine on installation "haldaemon" should > have been installed? How did you install hal? This user should be created automatically by the port and/or package. Joe - -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFb0/cb2iPiv4Uz4cRAkB/AJ0d5bdOHfR1iEXPmL6yZquqIxOmPQCbBJsq jsZXlxH8/8sBdDNA4B2Susk= =f2pO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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