Date: 28 Nov 2005 09:06:15 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Anthony M. Agelastos" <iqgrande@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: _dhcp user problems Message-ID: <44d5kklve0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <4E75A276-3D18-47D2-ADB4-96B85B182843@gmail.com> References: <4E75A276-3D18-47D2-ADB4-96B85B182843@gmail.com>
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"Anthony M. Agelastos" <iqgrande@gmail.com> writes: > Hello all, > > During the upgrade to 6.0, I may have created the user _dhcp > incorrectly. I was made aware of the problem when I noticed the > message during boot: > > Setting hostname: ast.home.iq. > rl0: link state changed to DOWN > rl0: no link ....rl0: link state changed to UP > got link > no such user: _dhcp, falling back to nobody > DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 > DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1 > bound to 192.168.0.4 -- renewal in 129600 seconds. > > So, as root, I tried to create them and delete them. This is proving > unsuccessful. See below. > > ast# pw userdel _dhcp > pw: no such user `_dhcp' > ast# pw useradd _dhcp -u 65 -c "dhcp programs" -d /var/empty -s /usr/ > sbin/nologin > pw: user '_dhcp' already exists > > Are there any recommendations? I am running FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE. Some > additional information is below. Thank you so much for your > assistance. I checked the mailing list as well as Google and did not > find a fix for this particular problem. I found someone mentioning > that the database may need to be rebuilt (however I have no idea how > to do this). > > ast# cat master.passwd | grep dhcp > _dhcp:*:65:65::0:0:dhcp programs:/var/empty:/usr/sbin/nologin > ast# cat passwd | grep dhcp > _dhcp:*:65:65:dhcp programs:/var/empty:/usr/sbin/nologin > ast# cat group | grep dhcp > _dhcp:*:65: > ast# uname -a > FreeBSD ast.home.iq 6.0-STABLE FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #0: Sat Nov 5 > 21:29:34 EST 2005 root@ast.home.iq:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IQKERNEL > i386 pwd_mkdb(8)?
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