Fink does add users via its passwd package. However, I don't know why that would interfere with your ability to add a user manually (unless that user is already present).
I'd use Netinfo Manager to add system-level users rather than the System Preferences. (and I have a postgres user that shows up in the Netinfo database with no entry in /etc/passwd) Tom Allison wrote: > That removed the files. > But I'm now at a point where I can't add the username postgres. > It's not in /etc/passwd. > > Not sure where it is, but if I try to add the user via System > Preferences I get an error "name is not available". > So something got fiddled with outside of /sw/? > (I did a machine reboot just to be sure) > > > On Jul 12, 2007, at 10:55 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote: > > >> Tom Allison wrote: >> >>> I've been working on some installations for my Mac OSX notebook. >>> Some of what I need is not supported in fink yet and so I've >>> decided it's easier to get the few packages I require from >>> source. it's an old slackware thing. >>> But how do I uninstall everything that I've added from fink? >>> How do I uninstall fink itself? >>> >> sudo rm -rf /sw >> >> -- >> Kevin Walzer >> Code by Kevin >> http://www.codebykevin.com >> > > -- Alexander K. Hansen akh AT finkproject DOT org Fink User Liaison and Documenter ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
