From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Jul 3 09:21:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA17581 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 09:21:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA17576; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 09:21:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA12488; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 11:45:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199807031545.LAA12488@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: from steven wesley wilson at "Jul 3, 98 10:23:37 am" To: swwilso1@students.uiuc.edu (steven wesley wilson) Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 11:45:29 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message