Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 00:35:40 -0500 From: Christopher Schulte <christopher@schulte.org> To: "Shawn Ramsey" <shawn@megadeth.org>, "Thierry Herbelot" <thierry@herbelot.com> Cc: <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Not updating /etc Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20010726002434.09510b08@pop.schulte.org> In-Reply-To: <009001c11593$0e718120$de48a93f@shawn> References: <003601c1154c$7240ed40$de48a93f@shawn> <3B5F34B0.BF32DF9D@herbelot.com>
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AWell, seeing as to how easy it is with mergemaster, there isn't really any >reason not to. But wouldn't the system just boot like whatever I was >previosly running? I don't see why it would hurt to leave it alone if one >wanted to, but then again what do I know. :) Update /etc ! ! ! ! ! ! Run mergemaster! There are important changes made to your /etc tree. Files like /etc/rc /etc/network /etc/security /etc/pam.conf and tons more. One example I can come off my head with is /etc/pam.conf. There was a change made a while back to FreeBSD's shipped version of OpenSSH which *REQUIRED* that pam.conf be properly updated. People who skipped mergemaster (which would have alerted them to the change and given the opportunity to install the new version, or merge the changes with any locally modified version) and rebooted were in for a bad time. OpenSSH no longer processed remote logins, leaving some boxes in remote locations with no access. There are doubtlessly many other situations like this which have appeared and will appear in the future. A properly synchronized /etc is critical for successful system upgrades, IMVOHO. -- Christopher Schulte Finger for PGP key, or for UNIX impaired: http://noc.schulte.org/cgi-bin/noc/finger.cgi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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