From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 23 21: 0:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAD4437B401 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:00:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from anu.edu.au (anumail3.anu.edu.au [150.203.2.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 713C843E65 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:00:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Gregory.Lane@anu.edu.au) Received: from nucl03.anu.edu.au (nucl03.anu.edu.au [150.203.19.120]) by anu.edu.au (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g8O40gLV019488; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:00:42 +1000 (EST) Received: from nucl03.anu.edu.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nucl03.anu.edu.au (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8O40ge3044074; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:00:42 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from gjl103@nucl03.anu.edu.au) Received: (from gjl103@localhost) by nucl03.anu.edu.au (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8O40g3D044073; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:00:42 +1000 (EST) Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:00:42 +1000 From: Greg Lane To: Danny Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading using /stand/sysinstall Message-ID: <20020924040042.GA44003@nucl03.anu.edu.au> Reply-To: gregory.lane@anu.edu.au Mail-Followup-To: Danny , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <000d01c25f9c$d614cee0$bf01a8c0@x.com> <20020919053946.GA15586@nucl03.anu.edu.au> <05d701c2630c$97d548d0$bf01a8c0@x.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <05d701c2630c$97d548d0$bf01a8c0@x.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Dear Gregory, > > Thank you for replying to my email with the games.telstra.com/gamearena/ > site it was very helpful. No worries. > I tried the instruction on a test machine in the email below: > and after the installation has completed I typed in "cp kernel.GENERIC > kernel" then reboot the computer > > I am now currently running : > > backup# uname -a > FreeBSD backup.freebsbsd.org 4.6-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE #0: Tue Jun 11 > 06:14:12 GMT 2002 > murray@builder.freebsdmall.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 > backup# > > After the upgrade I am experiencing the following probelms with FreeBSD: > > 1) After FreeBSD has booted up I can't seem to log in with my old usernames > and password, I have checked /etc/passwd and I can't find the usernames. > > 2)When the machine boots up and I try to start the PostgreSQL service I get > the following error message > backup# ./010.pgsql.sh start > PGDATA: Undefined variable. > pgsqlbackup# > > 3)When the machine boots up and I try to start the MySQL service I get the > following error message: > backup# ./mysql-server.sh start > mysqldbackup# pschown: mysql: illegal user name > > 4)When I load webmin to test it everything works fine expect Webmin still > shows I am running Version 0.93 on backup.freebsbsd.org (FreeBSD 4.3) after > the upgrade > > Does anyone in the mailing list know how to solve the problems? > > dannyho@bigpond.net.au This is a bit of conjecture on my part since its ages since I've done it with sysinstall (I usually upgrade via the cvsup / buildworld method). I dimly remember, but may be wrong, that many files in /etc are archived somewhere else by the install and you are supposed to copy back the ones you need. Can anyone confirm or correct that? If so, that would be the source of at least some of your problems. You will need to copy back your old passwd and group files, possibly mergin in any new groups or users that were added by the install (possibilities include sshd, smmsp etc). Use diff on the archived and new versions to check for additions / deletions. Cheers, Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message