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From: Tony Benham <tonyb AT benhamhouse DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: syslog-ng-config errors
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:45:35 +0000 (UTC)
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Dave Korn <dave.korn <at> artimi.com> writes:

> 
> On 13 November 2007 10:25, Tony Benham wrote:
> 
> > I ran mkpasswd -d domain >> /etc/passwd to recreate passwd. But the problem
> > remains. I cannot see the SYSTEM user in the file. Is there a switch for
> > mkpasswd I need to use ? 
> 
>   Try -l *as well*.  Then no need to append:
> 
> mkpasswd -l -d > /etc/passwd
> 
>     cheers,
>       DaveK

Thanks Dave and Corinna. In the end I just reran the postinstall script
passwd-grp.sh.done as Corinna suggested, and this fixes the problems. I guess it
probably fixes other stuff I haven't found yet as well !



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