Re: upgrading base-passwd
On Sat, 23 Nov 1996 23:55:00 PST Bruce Perens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Base-passwd could indeed be improved to merge entries in to an existing password file. I think the maintainer (Philippe Troin) could use some script help on this - he has his hands full just allocating UIDs and GIDs. Guy Maor said he might be able to help with the script, but as Debian FTP archive manager he's a busy Guy :-) . Anyone else want to give it a try? It's something you need to be _very_ careful with. Clobbering some poor user's passwd file would not be appreciated. I'm working on a prototype for this. More to come with bo ! Thanks for offering help anyways ! Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrading base-passwd
On Sat, 23 Nov 1996 17:35:28 EST Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: What's the proper way to upgrade debian's base-passwd package? I use unstable, and I've installed a new base-passwd a couple of times now, but since /etc/passwd and /etc/group are conffiles, and I don't want to mess up my exisiting password files (and I use shadow passwords), I have help my old versions of these files. So upgrading base-passwd hasn't really accomplished much for me. I have to diff the files and go in and make the alterations manually, it seems. Could base-passwd be set up to handle upgrades better, maybe modifying the files in the postinst? And what about shadow passwords? Right now one has to change the passwd and group file by hand. For bo, we might want to change this and try to (optionnaly) automate the process. Some people might not like a program to change UIDs and GIDs for them :-) Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrading base-passwd
Base-passwd could indeed be improved to merge entries in to an existing password file. I think the maintainer (Philippe Troin) could use some script help on this - he has his hands full just allocating UIDs and GIDs. Guy Maor said he might be able to help with the script, but as Debian FTP archive manager he's a busy Guy :-) . Anyone else want to give it a try? It's something you need to be _very_ careful with. Clobbering some poor user's passwd file would not be appreciated. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
upgrading base-passwd
What's the proper way to upgrade debian's base-passwd package? I use unstable, and I've installed a new base-passwd a couple of times now, but since /etc/passwd and /etc/group are conffiles, and I don't want to mess up my exisiting password files (and I use shadow passwords), I have help my old versions of these files. So upgrading base-passwd hasn't really accomplished much for me. I have to diff the files and go in and make the alterations manually, it seems. Could base-passwd be set up to handle upgrades better, maybe modifying the files in the postinst? And what about shadow passwords? -- true - do nothing, successfully - - true (1) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
