Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:49:58 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>, Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>, Thomas Mueller <mueller6727@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: Upgrade from source to RC1: problems with /etc : lost users and dbus Message-ID: <201110280749.58837.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20111027111451.GO63910@hoeg.nl> References: <20111027102208.88BFB106564A@hub.freebsd.org> <CAFHbX1%2BWPM0E%2BUGpKKVb8WoNyeYBOp5GdrF59E3sgRp1TM8VRg@mail.gmail.com> <20111027111451.GO63910@hoeg.nl>
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On Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:14:51 am Ed Schouten wrote: > * Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>, 20111027 13:06: > > I have had this happen before, the PEBKAC. When running mergemaster, > > it will prompt you to install new passwd, master.passwd and group > > files - if you have added local users you must not say yes to this, > > you must either merge the changes in or keep your local one. > > It would have been so awesome if our /etc/master.passwd and /etc/group > included an #include directive. I do agree with this. Or if you could have /etc/passwd.d and /etc/group.d directories that can contain files that are auto-included. -- John Baldwin
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