Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:26:27 +0200 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: password failure- after mergmaster Message-ID: <4692FC63.2080105@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <20070709213038.GA66595@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> References: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702CFD@www.fcimail.org> <20070709201750.GA66218@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <469299A6.4090006@boosten.org> <77FE6039-9C53-4579-BCD6-C7C7199D37A6@mac.com> <20070709213038.GA66595@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
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David Kelly wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 01:29:44PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: >> On Jul 9, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Peter Boosten wrote: >>> Having read this I must admit that it's a complete mystery to me why >>> mergemaster would touch your password file at all... >> Because sometimes new versions of the OS come with new built-in user >> accounts, which need to be added to the existing passwd or groups >> databases somehow? > > Yes, exactly. Have to *merge* the changes into /etc/master.passwd rather > than brute force overwrite. > Thanks David, that's indeed my point: FreeBSD comes packed with tools, among them are tools to create (or to delete) user accounts. Those tools can easily be scripted. Peter -- http://www.boosten.org
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