Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 04:16:03 -0400 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6727@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Subject: Re: Upgrade from source to RC1: problems with /etc : lost users and dbus Message-ID: <9C.6F.21342.34506BF4@smtp02.insight.synacor.com> References: <CAFHbX1%2BWPM0E%2BUGpKKVb8WoNyeYBOp5GdrF59E3sgRp1TM8VRg@mail.gmail.com> <20111027102208.88BFB106564A@hub.freebsd.org> <4EAA85FD.1060805@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4EAB5823.5090804@FreeBSD.org>
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> pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd
Cheers,
Matthew
> Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
That did it! Now I can login as nonroot and startx.
I found pwd_mkdb in my searching, but would not have known to use '-p'. I might have done
pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd
from Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>:
> Carefully? :) Seriously ... always use the -P option, and/or add
> PRESERVE_FILES in your mergemaster rc file. Watch the changes carefully.
> If you have to, do the updates in more than one pass using the -r option
> for subsequent runs. Do the simple ones first, then go back and do the
> ones that you have to think harder about. I recommend against using the
> -U option.
> It's not rocket science, it's just like any other system administration
> task, it requires careful attention.
> Doug
That seems like a good idea, using -P option to be able to go back to something good if one screws up.
>From 'man mergemaster':
The mergemaster utility is a Bourne shell script which is designed to aid
you in updating the various configuration and other files associated with
FreeBSD. It is HIGHLY recommended that you back up your /etc directory
before beginning this process.
So I could make a second backup of /etc before the second mergemaster invocation, after installworld.
There are lots of files to merge/edit, and one can easily become tired and make mistakes. We're only human and not infallible.
Tom
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