On 12/06/12 at 04:55pm, mike cloaked wrote:
Having read the available postings in arch-dev-public as well as those on this subject in the arch forums I am somewhat confused as to how to complete the merge for /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/group and /etc/gshadow for the new entries in the .pacnew files.
For example in my old /etc/passwd I have the line: dbus:x:81:81:System message bus:/:/bin/false
and in the pacnew file I have: dbus:x:81:81:dbus:/:/sbin/nologin
Should I put the line from the .pacnew file into the old file?
Also for uidd I have in the original: uuidd:x:999:999::/:/sbin/nologin
but in the pacnew file it is: uuidd:x:68:68:uuidd:/:/sbin/nologin
Should I change the uid in the original file to 68 - and do the same in the corresponding entries for shadow, group and gshadow?
I am an old linux user and usually I can sort things out after an upgrade but this time I am really confused.
Any expert advice very much appreciated - thanks.
-- mike c
The dbus entries are actually the same except for the description. Setting a users shell to /sbin/nologin or /bin/false achieves the same thing. Also, I jsut looked at my passwd file and apparently I had merged my pacnew files to reflect the changed uid for uuidd. So mine is 68:68 and I have no issues. -- Curtis Shimamoto sugar.and.scruffy@gmail.com