From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 18 12:30:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 739AF16A4CE for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:30:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp19.wxs.nl (smtp19.wxs.nl [195.121.6.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 940E443D4C for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:30:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp19.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.25 (built Mar 3 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I48006MWLEDK0@smtp19.wxs.nl> for current@freebsd.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:30:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i8ICUCKu001416; Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:30:12 +0200 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by alex.lan (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i8ICUCrH001415; Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:30:12 +0200 Content-return: prohibited Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:30:12 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <20040821064833.GC36803@0lsen.net> To: Clint Olsen Message-id: <20040918123011.GA1292@alex.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <20040821064833.GC36803@0lsen.net> X-Authentication-warning: alex.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to 'installworld' and proxy user issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:30:20 -0000 On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 11:48:33PM -0700, Clint Olsen wrote: > Ok, I have to say I'm a bit confused. I ran through the handbook on how to > upgrade. I've done this before, but this time I ran into some problems. > > I ran 'mergemaster -p' before trying to do 'installworld', and the install > immediately fails because there is no 'proxy' user. The thing is, the > proxy did get added to the master password file in /usr/src. It just > doesn't exist (yet) in /etc. > > So, what exactly should have happened here? I looked on Google and noticed > someone else ran into the same exact problem. It seems like you always > have this chicken and egg problem when building new OS versions: things > required to exist on the bootstrap version in order to get a new version up > and running. Hi Clint, With me it all worked. Could it be posible that you let mergemaster skip the master password file, merged it wrong so the proxy user didn't get added or didn't rebuild the password file? -- Alex