5.3 Release

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Mon Oct 25 12:32:18 PDT 2004


On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 11:56:32AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 11:44:40AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 11:53:47PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> > > On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 11:00:40PM -0400, epilogue wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:01:28 -0400 (EDT)
> > > > daemon at foxchat.net wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > >     also having to update ports as I'm finding some stuff no longer
> > > > >     works.
> > > > 
> > > > it sounds as though you might want to get into the habit of reading both
> > > > /usr/src/UPDATING (every sup of source) and /usr/ports/UPDATING (every
> > > > sup of ports) in order to both understand and be prepared to manage such
> > > > issues.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 	I assume that you mean using the "mergemaster -p" to
> > > 	create a "proxy account."  I tried this with 5.3-RELEASE #2
> > > 	tonight.  No joy.  Can anyone on-list clue  me in?
> > 
> > What do you mean by "no joy"?  What happened when you ran 'mergemaster
> > -p'?
> > 
> 
> 	It didn't create a proxy account; or I didn't understand
> 	where/how it did.

It's supposed to compare your password files and ask you about adding
the extra accounts.

Kris
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