Re: Trying to 'installworld' and proxy user issue

From: Clint Olsen <clint_at_0lsen.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 13:37:02 -0700
On Aug 21, Jon Noack wrote:
> 
> Just a shot in the dark, but did you rebuild your password databases
> after updating the master password file?  I think mergemaster asks you if
> you want to update the databases when you modify the master password
> file, but perhaps that didn't happen.  If you don't rebuild those
> databases then the system won't see your changes; thus, no 'proxy'
> user...
> 
> You can check to be sure your password databases are newer than
> master.passwd (with 'ls -lrt /etc/*wd*', master.passwd should be the 
> first file listed):

Yes, mergemaster did ask me and I chose yes.  However, it appeared to me at
the time that the password database in the src tree was the one that got
updated.  There was no evidence of the proxy user in /etc/passwd.  Again, a
cluepon for me is in order.  What should have happened?

Thanks,

-Clint
Received on Sat Aug 21 2004 - 18:37:03 UTC

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