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
