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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:44:39 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: ssh-host-config bug?
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On Sep  8 17:33, luke DOT kendall AT cisra DOT canon DOT com DOT au wrote:
> I noted recently that the user "system" seems to have vanished.
> 
> > Likewise the user and the group SYSTEM no longer seem to exist.
> 
> .... as evidenced by:
> 
> $ chown system xxx
> chown: `system': invalid user

That's the problem.  I don't know how it disappeared from your /etc/passwd,
but `mkpasswd -l' always creates an entry for the user system.  Just readd
it.


Corinna

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