Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:01:35 -0500 From: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgraded 6.2 and mysql lost all privileges Message-ID: <45EDE4BF.3050406@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <45EDE2B7.2050705@enabled.com> References: <45EDB82D.2040300@enabled.com> <45EDBBB5.7090600@alpha-tierchen.de> <45EDCBF6.6040704@enabled.com> <45EDD60B.2020006@unsane.co.uk> <45EDE08F.3080707@enabled.com> <20070306215038.GH86959@dan.emsphone.com> <45EDE2B7.2050705@enabled.com>
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>> In the last episode (Mar 06), Noah said: >>> yeah - I have about 15 other user accounts specific to my mysql >>> installation that were not in the /etc/passwd file. where were those >>> stored? >> >> If you're just talking about mysql users, those are in >> /var/db/mysql/mysql/user.* . An OS upgrade shouldn't have touched >> them at all. Unless you reformatted /var or something :) It may be possible that mergemaster was used incorrectly. If so, there should be a copy of the updated /etc/master.passwd file in: # /var/tmp/temproot/etc You can compare that against the new file in /etc. If they are the same, mergemaster hosed the original. I don't know if mergemaster makes a backup of the original, but it may be easier to pull master.passwd from a backup (you did backup /etc right?) and try re-merging if there were any differences. Then again, I may be totally wrong with this assessment. Steve
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