rc initialization anomaly (some sections are being loaded twice)

[Lowell Gilbert]

Ihsan Junaidi <freebsd at synthexp.net> writes:

> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > Ihsan Junaidi <freebsd at synthexp.net> writes:
> >
> >>I upgraded a test system running 5.1 to 5.2 RC1 and with it, i came
> >>upon a few difficulties. firstly, the default login and su PAM configs
> >>are (mis)configured so that they totally ignored the password. so each
> >>user is able to login freely without being prompted for a password.
> > You removed pam.conf?

Right -- that sounds good.  It isn't *supposed* to be there any more.

> no, it wasn't there the during initial install and the system works
> fine. anyway, found the cause of it, apparently during mergemaster, i
> either overlooked and didn't install pam.d/system or mergemaster
> didn't prompt for it. copied /usr/src/etc/pam.d/system to /etc/pam.d
> and the problem went away.
> 
> >
> >>I've been getting weird behaviour from the rc init system,
> >>specifically with it loading some sections of initization twice. i'm
> >>not sure if this is intentional but it's annoying to see warning
> >>messages popped up and they loaded just fine on 5.1.
> > Sounds like you neglected the 20030829 entry in /usr/src/UPDATING.
> > No?
> 
> yes i did. thanks for pointing it out for i totally missed it.

You're welcome...

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