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gwalters
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 Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 5:17 am Post subject: etc-update wreaks havic |
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I did an etc-update after portage told me that there were some files that needed updating. I saw that it update /etc/passwd, groups, shadow now when i do whoami i get:
| Code: | | whoami: cannot find username for UID 100 |
and my terms. look like this:
| Code: | | I have no name!@gwalters ~ $ |
and 'top' only shows UID's not usernames. mplayer doesnt work anymore and says:
| Code: | | could not get user name from user id |
How can I fix all this? |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 5:59 am Post subject: |
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I'm guessing that you auto-updated everything. You should never do this unless you know what you're doing. I'm not even sure where to begin to tell you what to do. Try to remember what was updated, and try to edit those files. Hopefully somebody else has a good idea.
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Regor
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 8:16 am Post subject: |
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etc-update is a disaster waiting to happen for this exact reason.
You're going to need to re-add your normal user as root. Take a look at "adduser" or "superadduser".
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zerojay
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 8:54 am Post subject: |
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| Regor wrote: | etc-update is a disaster waiting to happen for this exact reason.
You're going to need to re-add your normal user as root. Take a look at "adduser" or "superadduser". |
Actually, it's having an admin that doesn't pay attention to what etc-update tells him that is the disaster waiting to happen. The only people that have problems with etc-update are the irresponsible ones that tell it to auto-update everything without looking to see what changes etc-update wants to make. |
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syg00
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:12 am Post subject: |
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| DarkStalker wrote: | | Actually, it's having an admin that doesn't pay attention to what etc-update tells him that is the disaster waiting to happen. The only people that have problems with etc-update are the irresponsible ones that tell it to auto-update everything without looking to see what changes etc-update wants to make. |
Bit harsh maybe, but hard to argue.
I'm a recent convert to Gentoo, only ever used Redhat previously.
etc-update *IS* a bloody minefield - I tip-toe through it every time I need to use it. Doesn't seem to respect using "less" for the diff list.
Can take forever to convince yourself you know what is being changed. |
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piffle
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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| dispatch-conf, while not perfect, is a damned sight better than etc-uptdate, which I will never use again. |
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NewBlackDak
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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I've given all the auto conf updating stuff up. I have a cron that runs, and tells me where the new configs are. Then I print them, and hand-edit. etc-upodate isn't logical to me, and it's broken atleast 2 systems.
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dwblas
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I take it that no one here backs up anything. |
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NewBlackDak
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| dwblas wrote: | | I take it that no one here backs up anything. |
On the contrary. Important configs are backed up every night. However, it's easier to hand edit the first time than run the update, find out it's wrong, put the backup in, and still have to hand edit.
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Regor
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 5:36 am Post subject: |
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I back up regularly. I also use a config file updater that does its own backups, so you can always revert to an older version if needed. Check out dispatch-conf as a superior (imo) alternative to etc-update.
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