From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 6 21:53:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE26116A404 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 21:53:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Received: from typhoon.enabled.com (typhoon.enabled.com [216.218.220.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8FEC13C467 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 21:53:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Received: from [172.23.10.40] (nat-service4.juniper.net [66.129.225.151]) (authenticated bits=0) by typhoon.enabled.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l26Lqrad068469 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 6 Mar 2007 13:52:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Message-ID: <45EDE2B7.2050705@enabled.com> Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:52:55 -0800 From: Noah User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Macintosh/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dan Nelson References: <45EDB82D.2040300@enabled.com> <45EDBBB5.7090600@alpha-tierchen.de> <45EDCBF6.6040704@enabled.com> <45EDD60B.2020006@unsane.co.uk> <45EDE08F.3080707@enabled.com> <20070306215038.GH86959@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20070306215038.GH86959@dan.emsphone.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Vince Hoffman , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= , User Questions Subject: Re: upgraded 6.2 and mysql lost all privileges X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:53:57 -0000 binary install. okay I backed up teh dir let me look for them now cheers, Noah Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Mar 06), Noah said: >> yeah - I have about 15 other user accounts specific to my mysql >> installation that were not in the /etc/passwd file. where were those >> stored? > > If you're just talking about mysql users, those are in > /var/db/mysql/mysql/user.* . An OS upgrade shouldn't have touched > them at all. Unless you reformatted /var or something :) >