Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 08:18:44 +0200 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: installworld on r299292 through r299317 will replace master.passwd, passwd, and group files Message-ID: <20160510081844.54f1cb28@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> In-Reply-To: <20160510055341.GA47527@FreeBSD.org> References: <20160510055341.GA47527@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, 10 May 2016 05:53:41 +0000 Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > Thanks to O. Hartmann promptly reporting this, it was discovered that > 'installworld' on revisions r299292-r299317 will silently replace > /etc/passwd, /etc/master.passwd, and /etc/group with the defaults. It > is possible there are other files affected. One file I can think of > off-hand is /etc/mail/aliases, but in my development system, did not > have local changes to this, so cannot 100% confirm. > > Please avoid this range of revisions. > > I am very sorry this went unnoticed before this change was committed. > > Glen > Great! It is not only master.passwd, it is also group and several other config files, I suspect it is the whole bunch of files located in /etc/ getting reset to their initial file values. My OpenLDAP environment isn't working anymore due to /etc/pam.d reset. X11 doesn't start anymore due to reset of /etc/ttys. also, sysctl.conf has been reset. I haven't figured out so far how far this goes. Lucky for those having recent /etc/ backups. A pity FreeBSD doens't backup this by default. oh
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