Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 09:33:11 +1000 From: "Carl Morley" <bsdmn@webize.com.au> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Don't get caught like me - 4.8 update and missed adding the sshd user Message-ID: <000801c2fc94$e2df4e80$0a64a8c0@webizepc>
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Hi, Just a tale of woe with a happy ending I thought I'd share in the hope of helping others from doing the same - although it was pretty stupid.... Did a remote update for one of my firewall systems (as I do monthly for lots of them) via ssh - cvsup to 4_STABLE, make world etc - and finally ran mergemaster. BUT! I must have missed the fact that the master password file had a new user called sshd (27) during the merge, and I just used my old file.... whoops.... SSHD didn't fire up on the reboot, so no access to the server. Raced in frantically and fixed the problem inside a few minutes - but not good for the blood pressure. Moral of the story - read the mergemaster output CAREFULLY.... even on files that you habitually ignore! Cheers, Carl. _______________________ Webize Pty Ltd ph: (03) 9561 3353 fx: (03) 9561 4583 bsdmn@webize.com.au _______________________
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