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Date:      Fri, 3 Jul 1998 11:45:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net>
To:        swwilso1@students.uiuc.edu (steven wesley wilson)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <199807031545.LAA12488@lucy.bedford.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980703102053.21031B-100000@ux10.cso.uiuc.edu> from steven wesley wilson at "Jul 3, 98 10:23:37 am"

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steven wesley wilson wrote:
> 
> Whenever I do a make install in my ports directory things go well till the
> very end when the install aborts with the following message:
> 
> [port dependent code line]: unknown group wheel
> 
> *** Error Code 1
> 
> Stop
> 
> I'm sure this is a simple thing to fix.  Would someone please give me some
> advice?  
> 
> Also, FYI, in the /etc/group file, I do have a line that says:
> wheel:*:0:root,steve

This looks right.

Check the permissions on /etc/group. It needs to be world-readable.
(644).

Look over the file carefully... maybe there's a syntax error?

Dave
-- 
Sancho Panza: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network 
	operating system available.'
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