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Date:      Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:10:09 -0400
From:      mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu>
To:        Danny <eyezonme@gmx.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: smmsp
Message-ID:  <20020409181009.A57811@rochester.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <001201c1e00b$431e5d10$020144c0@danny>; from eyezonme@gmx.net on Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 05:12:19PM -0400
References:  <001201c1e00b$431e5d10$020144c0@danny>

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On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 05:12:19PM -0400, Danny wrote:
> I just did a cvsup/make world, and the system halted while beginning to
> install the freshly built src because of the lack of user 'smmsp'. After
> creating the user (and group of the same name) things went fine, but I'm
> curious as to what the purpose of this username is, and why the install
> didn't create the user on its own. Thanks

The install does create the user if you run mergemaster in the
correct step. This is all in /usr/src/UPDATING. It should
probably be in the FAQ, seeing as this question has been asked
a *bunch* in the past few weeks.

mike
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