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From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De>
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Subject: Re: "unknown class" errors
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970518181328.00717990@lariat.org> from Brett Glass at "May 18, 97 06:13:28 pm"
To: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass)
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 11:14:44 +0200 (MET DST)
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> Just upgraded a machine to 2.2.2, and am getting persistent errors in the
> log (and on the console) saying 
> 
> inetd[pid]: login_getclass: unknown class 'root'
> 
> when I su to root. I'm getting similar errors in other situations. What's
> wrong?

You'll need to copy /usr/src/etc/login.conf to /etc.

Wolfgang
> 
> --Brett
> 
>