Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:47:09 -0700 From: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> To: Anton Shterenlikht <lists@cmplx.uk> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, pkgbase@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] stable/15: new base packages for PAM, zstd Message-ID: <583fb3e0-0a81-4ad5-9d1a-34bf3f82a14f@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <aeh6ddAuDClL4YFn@cmplx.uk> References: <adTq6tMP4GWQS35e@amaryllis.le-fay.org> <aeedOZ7VcQAOsQCV@cmplx.uk> <3847a70c-f2d8-4c4a-a5f0-56a4a90168b0@yahoo.com> <aeh6ddAuDClL4YFn@cmplx.uk>
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On 4/22/26 00:36, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 12:52:43PM -0700, Mark Millard wrote: >> On 4/21/26 08:52, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >>> On Tue, Apr 07, 2026 at 12:30:50PM +0100, Lexi Winter wrote: >>>> hello, >>>> >>>> i've just MFC'd two commits to stable/15[0] which add new packages for >>>> OpenPAM (FreeBSD-pam*) and Zstandard (FreeBSD-zstd*). if you have >>>> set-minimal installed, you do not need to do anything; the new packages >>>> will be installed automatically the next time you run pkg upgrade. >>>> >>>> if you do *not* have set-minimal installed (because you didn't install >>>> with bsdinstall, or because you removed it after installation), you MUST >>>> install the FreeBSD-pam package, otherwise you will no longer be able to >>>> log into the system after updating. >>>> >>>> to display the sets you currently have installed, use this command: >>>> >>>> % pkg query -e '%n ~ FreeBSD-set-*' '%n' >>>> >>>> [0] 95cc7f59b7ce "libpam: Move to a new "pam" package" >>>> 8c61751d078e "zstd: Move to a new zstd package" >>> >>> >>> I recently upgraded Lenovo T480 laptop from some 14.x relase to 15.0-RELEASE-p4. >>> I'm still figuring out the use of pkg for base upgrades. >>> >>> For a few weeks all was working more or less well (some unexpected >>> reboots, but I had no time to dig into that). >>> >>> After reading your mail, I typed the pkg query command you suggested, >>> which returned nothing. >>> I then did "pkg install FreeBSD-set-minimal". >>> When that completed, I realised that my user is gone.... >>> >>> Looking at /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd I see that indeed >>> my user is not there anymore. >> >> Did you end up with the likes of: >> >> /etc/passwd.pkgsave >> /etc/master.passwd.pkgsave > > Yes, I have /etc/master.passwd.pkgsave > > So what happened? After pkgbase updates, one should always scan for *.pkgsave and *.pkgnew files (say via find) and then deal with possibly merging/updating/restoring the content --or possibly just deleting the *.pkgsave/*.pkgnew file, as appropriate based on the content. > Is it expected that "pkg install FreeBSD-set-minimal" > should erase all ordinary users from /etc/master.passwd > and save the original file as /etc/master.passwd.pkgsave? > > Was I wrong to do "pkg install FreeBSD-set-minimal" on 15.0-RELEASE-p4? > > Shall I just copy the /etc/master.passwd.pkgsave back to /etc/master.passwd? Do not forget to do something like: # pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd.pkgsave That would regenerate /etc/spwd.db (secure database) , /etc/pwd.db (insecure database), and /etc/master.passwd --and the -p means it would also regenerate a matching /etc/passwd as well. Once you know the password related files are okay, you may want to delete /etc/master.passwd.pkgsave . You should also check if this pkgbase update or prior ones left any other *.pkgsave or *.pkgnew files for you do deal with for finishing the file updates involved. pkgbase does not deal with picking how some configuration file updates should be done. > > Thank you > > Anton > > -- === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.comhome | help
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