From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 8 17:36:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E16CF16A4CE for ; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 17:36:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from magnesium.net (toxic.magnesium.net [207.154.84.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B5C1E43D1F for ; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 17:36:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from adamw@magnesium.net) Received: (qmail 5265 invoked by uid 1252); 9 Feb 2004 01:36:40 -0000 Date: 8 Feb 2004 20:36:40 -0500 Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 20:36:40 -0500 From: Adam Weinberger To: Stacey Roberts Message-ID: <20040209013640.GZ3365@toxic.magnesium.net> References: <20040207232914.GB38997@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <20040208025835.GC38997@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <20040208042100.GB3365@toxic.magnesium.net> <20040208112555.GD38997@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <20040208172302.GK3365@toxic.magnesium.net> <20040208212558.GP38997@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <20040209002306.GS38997@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <20040209004934.GU3365@toxic.magnesium.net> <20040209012937.GV38997@crom.vickiandstacey.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040209012937.GV38997@crom.vickiandstacey.com> X-Editor: Vim 6.2 http://www.vim.org X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5 http://www.mutt.org X-URL: http://www.vectors.cx X-ASL: 6/m/behind you User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade -rf gettext -m BATCH=yes fails at gnomemeeting stage X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 01:36:41 -0000 >> (02.08.2004 @ 2029 PST): Stacey Roberts said, in 3.4K: << > When I check /etc/passwd, I see: > gdm:*:92:92:GNOME Display Manager:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin > > Have I done something wrong? > >> end of "Re: portupgrade -rf gettext -m BATCH=yes fails at gnomemeeting stage" from Stacey Roberts << Just because gdm says its home directory is /nonexistent doesn't mean you have to go create the directory yourself. As I said before: /nonexistent is for when having a home directory that exists is a security risk. By creating it, you've compromised that particular bit of security. What's the hostnames of those servers again? # Adam -- Adam Weinberger adam@vectors.cx // adamw@FreeBSD.org // adamw@magnesium.net http://www.vectors.cx