Re: _dhcp user problems


On Nov 29, 2005, at 8:46 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote:

"Anthony M. Agelastos" <iqgrande@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Hello and thank you for your reply. I tried the following and here is
where it got me:

ast# pwd_mkdb -u _dhcp /etc/master.passwd
ast# pwd_mkdb -u _dhcp /etc/passwd
pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry
pwd_mkdb: at line #3
pwd_mkdb: /etc/passwd: Inappropriate file type or format
ast# pwd_mkdb -u -p _dhcp /etc/passwd
usage: pwd_mkdb [-BCiLNp] [-d directory] [-s cachesize] [-u username]
file
ast# pwd_mkdb -p -u _dhcp /etc/passwd
pwd_mkdb: corrupted entry
pwd_mkdb: at line #3
pwd_mkdb: /etc/passwd: Inappropriate file type or format
ast# pw userdel _dhcp
pw: no such user `_dhcp'
ast# pw useradd _dhcp -u 65 -c "dhcp programs" -d /var/empty -s /usr/
sbin/nologin
pw: user '_dhcp' already exists

Should I be doing something else? How can I wipe the slate clean with
users, groups, and accounts? I tried going through sysinstall and
when I try to add _dhcp as a user, it gives me an error code (The
`pw' command exited with unexpected status 74) after it mentions that
the requested shell "/usr/sbin/nologin" is not a valid user shell.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Just the normal "pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd" and see if _dhcp is in
/etc/passwd afterwards.
That worked. Thank you. Out of curiosity, to make sure nothing else is non-optimal, what other user accounts were added from 5.4 to 6.0? I cannot recall, did not save anything from 5.4, and never saw anything related to this on any of the documentation on the website. I only knew to do this for DHCP because I strictly followed the Handbook in updating and diff'd the master.passwd files and figured things out for myself. Thank you so much.
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