Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:29:03 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: philip brown <brown_philip@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user haldaemon does not exist Message-ID: <1164925743.56244.4.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20061130214829.42931.qmail@web53005.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20061130214829.42931.qmail@web53005.mail.yahoo.com>
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--=-9aW5EkxUIy9egL0lNdfJ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 21:48 +0000, philip brown wrote: > --- Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >=20 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > >=20 > > philip brown wrote: > > > I'm running 6.2 RC1 and I get the following error=20 > > > message (follows) when hald tries to start up. > > >=20 > > > I added a regular user named "haldaemon" with > > adduser > > > and hald all worked fine.=20 > > >=20 > > > I also=20 > > > 1.) commented out cdrom device in /etc/fstab=20 > > > 2.) made sure /media folder existed > > > 3.) pw group mod operator -m philip as in q.19 g2 > > faq > > >=20 > > > 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). > > >=20 > > > I am relatively new to freebsd administration, can > > > somebody please advise how I would achieve this. > > >=20 > > > I would imagine on installation "haldaemon" should > > > have been installed? > >=20 > > How did you install hal? This user should be > > created automatically by > > the port and/or package. > >=20 > > Joe > >=20 > > - -- > > 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 > >=20 > > > iD8DBQFFb0/cb2iPiv4Uz4cRAkB/AJ0d5bdOHfR1iEXPmL6yZquqIxOmPQCbBJsq > > jsZXlxH8/8sBdDNA4B2Susk=3D > > =3Df2pO > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >=20 >=20 > Just off the 6.2 RC1 cd packages...=20 >=20 > installed Freebsd with x and the after logging into x > I ran sysinstall - configure packages - gnome The user will be added provided PACKAGE_BUILDING is not defined in your environment. I don't see any reason why this would fail otherwise. Joe --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-9aW5EkxUIy9egL0lNdfJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFb1svb2iPiv4Uz4cRAjUmAJ9IkyuTt9V2763I0iwxX48z7V35/gCaA2O3 9KdO2yafMvZrql2iyO/j/e4= =QJQr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-9aW5EkxUIy9egL0lNdfJ--
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