Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:47:03 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Bert-Jan" <info@bert-jan.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, cperciva@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Login accounts don't work after update to 7.1 Message-ID: <44aba0xz0o.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <9d5014697dd38400633bdcdd89c9e875.squirrel@admin.bert-jan.com> (Bert-Jan's message of "Fri\, 9 Jan 2009 09\:45\:25 %2B0100 \(CET\)") References: <20af5b6d6703bc7b2575a763e7c70822.squirrel@admin.bert-jan.com> <44k595qz3o.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <9d5014697dd38400633bdcdd89c9e875.squirrel@admin.bert-jan.com>
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"Bert-Jan" <info@bert-jan.com> writes: > I do find it strange though, that freebsd-update replaced those files, > even though it tells you it's going to change them. I don't use freebsd-update, so I'm just trying to figure it out from reading the program. [freebsd-update is mostly just a shell script] > What is the proper way to handle this ? Can I run a command after the > update finishes that regenerates the account databases from the > master.passwd ? I checked the history and *I* never touched it during the > update, so it was merged like it should. I'm not sure what the proper way is; there's certainly code in there to update the databases automatically, so you *shouldn't* have to do anything. To do the same thing manually, you can use pwd_mkdb(8). When you edit the password database with vipw(8), this is handled for you. I'd recommend trying to reproduce the problem on a spare machine, so we can understand it better. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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