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@xxxxxxxxx
