Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-08-03 Thread Pete Wright
On 8/2/18 10:43 PM, Chris H wrote: On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:57:28 +0200 "Niclas Zeising" said On 07/21/18 19:56, RW wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 11:14:45 -0600 > Ian Lepore wrote: > > >> There's a "pre-world" stage of mergemaster (-Fp option I think) which >> isn't needed often, but one of

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-08-02 Thread Chris H
On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:57:28 +0200 "Niclas Zeising" said On 07/21/18 19:56, RW wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 11:14:45 -0600 > Ian Lepore wrote: > > >> There's a "pre-world" stage of mergemaster (-Fp option I think) which >> isn't needed often, but one of the times it is needed is apparently

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-24 Thread Ronald Klop
On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 06:28:41 +0200, Kevin Oberman wrote: On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 7:25 PM, Ian Lepore wrote: On Mon, 2018-07-23 at 18:54 -0700, bob prohaska wrote: > On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 09:34:26PM +0200, Herbert J. Skuhra wrote: > > > > > > Yes, first you press m. Then you will see

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-24 Thread bob prohaska
On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 09:28:41PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 7:25 PM, Ian Lepore wrote: > > > On Mon, 2018-07-23 at 18:54 -0700, bob prohaska wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 09:34:26PM +0200, Herbert J. Skuhra wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, first you press

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-23 Thread Kevin Oberman
On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 7:25 PM, Ian Lepore wrote: > On Mon, 2018-07-23 at 18:54 -0700, bob prohaska wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 09:34:26PM +0200, Herbert J. Skuhra wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yes, first you press m. Then you will see differences of installed > > > file (left) and new file

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-23 Thread bob prohaska
On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 08:25:59PM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote: > On Mon, 2018-07-23 at 18:54 -0700, bob prohaska wrote: > > at sdiff, the learning curve proved very steep. Too steep, in fact. > > > > I'm going to try a more incremental approach.? > > > > Thank you _very_ much! > > > > bob prohaska

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-23 Thread Ian Lepore
On Mon, 2018-07-23 at 18:54 -0700, bob prohaska wrote: > On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 09:34:26PM +0200, Herbert J. Skuhra wrote: > > > > > > Yes, first you press m. Then you will see differences of installed > > file (left) and new file (right). Then you press either l or > > r: > > > > l | 1:

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-23 Thread bob prohaska
On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 09:34:26PM +0200, Herbert J. Skuhra wrote: > > Yes, first you press m. Then you will see differences of installed > file (left) and new file (right). Then you press either l or > r: > > l | 1:choose left diff > r | 2:choose right diff > > If the diff

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-23 Thread Herbert J. Skuhra
On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 06:55:52 +0200, bob prohaska wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 01:49:41AM +0200, Herbert J. Skuhra wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 03:09:26PM -0700, bob prohaska wrote: > > > > The failure is a little surprising, is ntpd a reserved name? > > > > Why? You obviously

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-23 Thread David Wolfskill
On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 04:00:04PM +, Filippo Moretti wrote: > I have ntpd both in etc(passwd and /etc/group but installworld fail saying > that user ntpd is missing can you please let me know how > to manually edit the entries for ntpd in both files.Etcupdate fails > .It is rather odd

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-23 Thread Filippo Moretti
It does not matter the system no longer boot. Filippo On Monday, July 23, 2018, 6:00:04 PM GMT+2, Filippo Moretti wrote: I have ntpd both in etc(passwd and /etc/group but installworld fail saying that user ntpd is missing can you please let me know how to manually edit the entries

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-23 Thread Filippo Moretti
I have ntpd both in etc(passwd and /etc/group but installworld fail saying that user ntpd is missing can you please let me know how to manually edit the entries for ntpd in both files.Etcupdate fails .It is rather odd because with the same hardware using ufs I did not run into problem with zfs

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-23 Thread Niclas Zeising
On 07/21/18 19:56, RW wrote: On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 11:14:45 -0600 Ian Lepore wrote: There's a "pre-world" stage of mergemaster (-Fp option I think) which isn't needed often, but one of the times it is needed is apparently when new user ids are added. I wish mergemaster had an option to just

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-22 Thread bob prohaska
On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 01:49:41AM +0200, Herbert J. Skuhra wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 03:09:26PM -0700, bob prohaska wrote: > > The failure is a little surprising, is ntpd a reserved name? > > Why? You obviously entered the string "ntpd" instead of an integer when > asked for the uid!? >

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-22 Thread Ian Lepore
On Sat, 2018-07-21 at 15:09 -0700, bob prohaska wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 12:14:10PM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote: > > > > > > I can't see any way that installkernel would lead to the complaint > > about the ntpd user not existing; that check is tied to the > > installworld target. > > > My

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-22 Thread RW
On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 12:02:19 -0700 Cy Schubert wrote: >> I wish mergemaster had an option to just add new users and groups, >> rather than merging the files. > What's the difference? It would be automatic, so less hassle and no chance of getting the merge wrong.

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-21 Thread Herbert J. Skuhra
On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 03:09:26PM -0700, bob prohaska wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 12:14:10PM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote: > > > > I can't see any way that installkernel would lead to the complaint > > about the ntpd user not existing; that check is tied to the > > installworld target. > > > My

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-21 Thread bob prohaska
On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 12:14:10PM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote: > > I can't see any way that installkernel would lead to the complaint > about the ntpd user not existing; that check is tied to the > installworld target. > My mistake. I was sleepy and in a hurry. The error message was in installworld

RE: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-21 Thread Cy Schubert
To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntpd as ntpd user question On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 11:14:45 -0600 Ian Lepore wrote: > There's a "pre-world" stage of mergemaster (-Fp option I think) which > isn't needed often, but one of the times it is needed is apparently > when new

RE: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-21 Thread Cy Schubert
: bob prohaska Sent: 21/07/2018 10:49 To: Ian Lepore Cc: Pete Wright; FreeBSD Current; bob prohaska Subject: Re: ntpd as ntpd user question On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 11:14:45AM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote: > > There's a "pre-world" stage of mergemaster (-Fp option I think) which >

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-21 Thread Pete Wright
On 07/21/2018 10:14, Ian Lepore wrote: On Sat, 2018-07-21 at 10:11 -0700, Pete Wright wrote: On 07/21/2018 09:47, Ian Lepore wrote: On Sat, 2018-07-21 at 09:41 -0700, Pete Wright wrote: hello - i am testing out the new ntpd that was committed yesterday and am attempting to run as non-root. 

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-21 Thread Ian Lepore
On Sat, 2018-07-21 at 10:47 -0700, bob prohaska wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 11:14:45AM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote: > > > > > > There's a "pre-world" stage of mergemaster (-Fp option I think) which > > isn't needed often, but one of the times it is needed is apparently > > when new user ids are

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-21 Thread RW
On Sat, 21 Jul 2018 11:14:45 -0600 Ian Lepore wrote: > There's a "pre-world" stage of mergemaster (-Fp option I think) which > isn't needed often, but one of the times it is needed is apparently > when new user ids are added.   I wish mergemaster had an option to just add new users and groups,

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-21 Thread bob prohaska
On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 11:14:45AM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote: > > There's a "pre-world" stage of mergemaster (-Fp option I think) which > isn't needed often, but one of the times it is needed is apparently > when new user ids are added. ?(So I've been told, I've never much used > mergemaster

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-21 Thread Ian Lepore
On Sat, 2018-07-21 at 10:11 -0700, Pete Wright wrote: > > On 07/21/2018 09:47, Ian Lepore wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2018-07-21 at 09:41 -0700, Pete Wright wrote: > > > > > > hello - i am testing out the new ntpd that was committed > > > yesterday and > > > am attempting to run as non-root.  i've

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-21 Thread Pete Wright
On 07/21/2018 09:47, Ian Lepore wrote: On Sat, 2018-07-21 at 09:41 -0700, Pete Wright wrote: hello - i am testing out the new ntpd that was committed yesterday and am attempting to run as non-root.  i've created a ntpd user/group, and verified permissions look good on pertinent directories. 

Re: ntpd as ntpd user question

2018-07-21 Thread Ian Lepore
On Sat, 2018-07-21 at 09:41 -0700, Pete Wright wrote: > hello - i am testing out the new ntpd that was committed yesterday and  > am attempting to run as non-root.  i've created a ntpd user/group, and  > verified permissions look good on pertinent directories.  i am running  > into an issue with