From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 21 06:48:34 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 7D23C16A4CE for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 06:48:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 504C143D5F for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 06:48:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from clint@0lsen.net) Received: from 0lsen.net ([24.20.127.157]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2004082106483301300r8tbee>; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 06:48:34 +0000 Received: by 0lsen.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 453D81779A; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 23:48:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 23:48:33 -0700 From: Clint Olsen To: current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040821064833.GC36803@0lsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: NULlsen Network X-Disclaimer: Mutt Bites! Subject: 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, 21 Aug 2004 06:48:34 -0000 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. -Clint