Upgrading 6.0 to 6.1 with etcmerge

[Derek Ragona]

Add the audit group to /etc/group if you have not.  you would add:
audit:*:77:

As for /etc/master.passwd, you can usually ignore this.  The mergemaster 
shows the differences which will be the CVS id in the first line, and any 
differences from adding or removing users.

         -Derek


At 11:37 AM 5/12/2006, Ashley Moran wrote:
>I've got a few 6.0-RELEASE machines I want to bring up to date.  I want to 
>use
>etcmerge because mergemaster scares the bejesus out of me.
>
>I can create a copy of the standard 6.0-REL /etc using mergemaster, and
>copying /var/tmp/temproot/src to /var/db/src, that's no problem
>
>But I notice /usr/src/UPDATING contains the following:
>
>   20060204:
>     The 'audit' group was added to support the new auditing functionality
>     in the base system.  Be sure to follow the directions for updating,
>     including the requirement to run mergemaster -p.
>
>So I figure after rebooting into single user mode and installing the new
>world, I have to take an extra step?  I never figured out how to deal with
>the binary password db with etc merge, and I can't see anything in the man
>page.
>
>I hope someone can clear it up.  I assume etcmerge is widely used, but it's
>not been updated (significantly) for so long I'm not sure.  (Personally I
>think it should be in the  base system!)
>
>Thanks
>Ashley
>
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