Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 15:34:03 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Ashley Moran <work@ashleymoran.me.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading 6.0 to 6.1 with etcmerge Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20060512153032.026c5bc0@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <200605121737.33180.work@ashleymoran.me.uk> References: <200605121737.33180.work@ashleymoran.me.uk>
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Add the audit group to /etc/group if you have not. you would add:
audit:*:77:
As for /etc/master.passwd, you can usually ignore this. The mergemaster
shows the differences which will be the CVS id in the first line, and any
differences from adding or removing users.
-Derek
At 11:37 AM 5/12/2006, Ashley Moran wrote:
>I've got a few 6.0-RELEASE machines I want to bring up to date. I want to
>use
>etcmerge because mergemaster scares the bejesus out of me.
>
>I can create a copy of the standard 6.0-REL /etc using mergemaster, and
>copying /var/tmp/temproot/src to /var/db/src, that's no problem
>
>But I notice /usr/src/UPDATING contains the following:
>
> 20060204:
> The 'audit' group was added to support the new auditing functionality
> in the base system. Be sure to follow the directions for updating,
> including the requirement to run mergemaster -p.
>
>So I figure after rebooting into single user mode and installing the new
>world, I have to take an extra step? I never figured out how to deal with
>the binary password db with etc merge, and I can't see anything in the man
>page.
>
>I hope someone can clear it up. I assume etcmerge is widely used, but it's
>not been updated (significantly) for so long I'm not sure. (Personally I
>think it should be in the base system!)
>
>Thanks
>Ashley
>
>--
>"If you do it the stupid way, you will have to do it again"
> - Gregory Chudnovsky
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