Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 20:29:01 GMT From: Kevin Day <kevin@your.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/165954: freebsd-update doesn't run pwd_mkdb after adding user Message-ID: <201203082029.q28KT13o023484@ftpmirror.your.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201203120040.q2C0e5if056780@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 165954 >Category: bin >Synopsis: freebsd-update doesn't run pwd_mkdb after adding user >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 12 00:40:05 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Kevin Day >Release: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE amd64 >Organization: Your.Org >Environment: System: FreeBSD ftpmirror.your.org 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 3 07:46:30 UTC 2012 root@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: When using freebsd-update to go from 8.x to 9.0-RELEASE, it adds the "hast" user/group to /etc/passwd /etc/master.passwd /etc/group However, it doesn't run pwd_mkdb afterwards so /etc/pwd.db and /etc/spwd.db don't get updated to contain the new user. hastd won't start (because it can't find its user) until you manually run pwd_mkdb after upgrading. >How-To-Repeat: Use freebsd-update to upgrade from 8.x to 9.0, then try starting hastd. >Fix: freebsd-update probably should run pwd_mkdb after an update if it altered the password file. It also might want to run some of the other things that mergemaster does, like cap_mkdb on login.conf and services_mkdb if it's not directly replacing those .db files. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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