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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:40:10 +1000 (EST)
From: luke DOT kendall AT cisra DOT canon DOT com DOT au
Subject: Re: ssh-host-config bug?
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On  8 Sep, Corinna Vinschen 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. 

Ah, thanks Corinna.  My post-install script does a:
	mkpasswd -d > /etc/passwd

I'll change it to add the mkpasswd -l output as well.

And all the above comments apply to mkgroup, too.

luke


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