From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 27 10:22:08 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88BFB106564A for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:22:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6727@bellsouth.net) Received: from fmailhost04.isp.att.net (fmailhost04.isp.att.net [204.127.217.104]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 789838FC0A for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:22:08 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:22:05 +0000 (GMT) X-Comment: Sending client does not conform to RFC822 minimum requirements X-Comment: Date has been added by Maillennium Received: from localhost (adsl-68-18-76-138.sdf.bellsouth.net[68.18.76.138]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc04) with SMTP id <20111027102205H0400ism2ae>; Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:22:05 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [68.18.76.138] From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20111027102208.88BFB106564A@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Upgrade from source to RC1: problems with /etc : lost users and dbus X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:22:08 -0000 I just finished the upgrade from source from 9.0-BETA2 to RC1, and I find two problems. First, I lost my users; nonroot user names are not recognized, if for instance I type passwd arlene I already tried to login as arlene with old password, no good. I copied the /etc directory to a backup on another disk cp -Rp /etc /media/etcbackup-BETA2 and then copied back /media/etcbackup-BETA2/passwd (and group) to /etc but that didn't help. Do I have to recreate nonroot users from scratch? Also, I got a warning about DBUS not starting. When I tried to startx as root, I got into X, but mouse and keyboard were nonfunctional; I did type Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-C to get out of X. I think it was the second mergemaster part. Should I, as root and X not running, do mv /etc /etcbackup-RC1 and cp -Rp /media/etcbackup-BETA2 /etc where /media would be mount point for backup partition on USB 3.0 hard drive? The second invocation of mergemaster (after booting single-user) can wreak havoc on /etc . As I type this, I am in my older installation of FreeBSD 9.0-BETA1 but have access to RC1 partition. By the way, /etc/rc.conf remained intact, showing that hald_enable and dbus_enable are still there: hostname="amelia2" keymap=us.iso.kbd ifconfig_re0="DHCP" ifconfig_re0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv" sshd_enable="YES" moused_enable="YES" ntpd_enable="YES" hald_enable="YES" dbus_enable="YES" Tom