Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 06:19:39 -0700 From: John Kennedy <jk@jk.homeunix.net> To: Warren Liddell <shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installworld problem Message-ID: <20040824131939.GA56346@memnoch.jk.homeunix.net> In-Reply-To: <200408241632.54515.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> References: <200408241632.54515.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com>
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On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:32:54PM +1000, Warren Liddell wrote: > ERROR: Required proxy user is missing, see /usr/src/UPDATING. > > I have run mergemaster -a (as i unf dont have the time to run mergemaster -p) > and the so called proxy user is still missing. > > I am relatively new to BSD and am unsure of exactly what to do. When upgrading from 5.2.1 to 5.3 (building into new partition) I had to add the entries by hand. I think you just need what would be in /etc/passwd and /etc/group: bash-3.00# grep proxy /etc/passwd /etc/group /etc/passwd:proxy:*:62:62:Packet Filter pseudo-user:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin /etc/group:proxy:*:62:
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