Re: Upgrade from source to RC1: problems with /etc : lost users and dbus

On 27/10/2011 11:22, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> I just finished the upgrade from source from 9.0-BETA2 to RC1, and I find two problems.
>
> First, I lost my users; nonroot user names are not recognized, if for instance I type
>
> passwd arlene
>
> I already tried to login as arlene with old password, no good.
>
> I copied the /etc directory to a backup on another disk 
>
> cp -Rp /etc  /media/etcbackup-BETA2
>
> and then copied back /media/etcbackup-BETA2/passwd (and group) to /etc
>
> but that didn't help.
Other people have suggested what you have done to loose them. To get
them back you need
/etc/passwd
/etc/master.passwd
possibly /etc/group

There should be a handy backup in /var/backups
Also you will need to remake the db files, see man pwd_mkdb

Vince
>
> Do I have to recreate nonroot users from scratch?
>
> Also, I got a warning about DBUS not starting.
>
> When I tried to startx as root, I got into X, but mouse and keyboard were nonfunctional; 
> I did type Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-C to get out of X.
>
> I think it was the second mergemaster part.
>
> Should I, as root and X not running, do
>
> mv /etc /etcbackup-RC1
>
> and
>
> cp -Rp /media/etcbackup-BETA2 /etc
>
> where /media would be mount point for backup partition on USB 3.0 hard drive?
>
> The second invocation of mergemaster (after booting single-user) can wreak havoc on /etc .
>
> As I type this, I am in my older installation of FreeBSD 9.0-BETA1 but have access to RC1 partition.
>
> By the way, /etc/rc.conf remained intact, showing that hald_enable and dbus_enable are still there:
>
>
> hostname="amelia2"
> keymap=us.iso.kbd
> ifconfig_re0="DHCP"
> ifconfig_re0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
> sshd_enable="YES"
> moused_enable="YES"
> ntpd_enable="YES"
> hald_enable="YES"
> dbus_enable="YES"
>
> Tom
>
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