installworld problem
John Kennedy
jk at jk.homeunix.net
Tue Aug 24 06:19:45 PDT 2004
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:32:54PM +1000, Warren Liddell wrote:
> ERROR: Required proxy user is missing, see /usr/src/UPDATING.
>
> I have run mergemaster -a (as i unf dont have the time to run mergemaster -p)
> and the so called proxy user is still missing.
>
> I am relatively new to BSD and am unsure of exactly what to do.
When upgrading from 5.2.1 to 5.3 (building into new partition) I had to
add the entries by hand. I think you just need what would be in
/etc/passwd and /etc/group:
bash-3.00# grep proxy /etc/passwd /etc/group
/etc/passwd:proxy:*:62:62:Packet Filter pseudo-user:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
/etc/group:proxy:*:62:
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