Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 19:43:55 -0500 From: Scott Sipe <cscotts@mindspring.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.1-RC and the audit group Message-ID: <906D3CB1-AAB5-4162-87D6-3F5C118AE6AF@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <200605100203.18911.pieter@degoeje.nl> References: <445C03E4.80900@paradise.net.nz> <20060506135412.Q91930@carver.gumbysoft.com> <44611CFB.6030804@paradise.net.nz> <200605100203.18911.pieter@degoeje.nl>
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On May 9, 2006, at 7:03 PM, Pieter de Goeje wrote: > Hi Mark, > > On Wednesday 10 May 2006 00:51, Mark Kirkwood wrote: >> Doug White wrote: >>> On Sat, 6 May 2006, Mark Kirkwood wrote: >>>> I found that installworld stops, because the 'audit' group has >>>> not been >>>> created. Now I just pressed 'return' for the default actions during >>>> mergemaster -p, but I didn't notice any mention of the audit group. >>> >>> The default action is to do nothing, so its possible you just >>> missed it >>> as you were blazing through. :-) >> >> Just updated another box to 6.1-STABLE, and yes I did 'return' though >> it. The reason being mergemaster -p wanted to patch my group file to >> remove all the additions (i.e, useful groups and group -> user >> associations) as *well* as add the audit group. > > Well unless -p changes mergemaster's behaviour, the general idea is > that you > press 'm' for merge ( correct me if I'm wrong but I think > mergemaster was > named after this feature :P ). It will let you add the new audit > group _and_ > keep the extra groups. I can vouch for this working properly! I just ran mergemaster -p in the process of upgrading, when it gets to the passwd and group file, I press M for merge, and select from l and r (left and right) which side I want to keep. Thus I get the new FreeBSD ID string, the new audit group, and all my old local mods. Scott
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