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Bug 7466 - /etc/passwd is orphaned
Summary: /etc/passwd is orphaned
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 7596
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High blocker (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Release Team
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Reported: 2002-09-04 10:58 UTC by Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED)
Modified: 2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
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Description Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-09-04 10:58:39 UTC
I thought baselayout, once upon a time, installed this file.  qpkg -f
/etc/passwd reveals that it is, for now, un-owned...
Comment 1 Mark Guertin 2002-09-04 11:08:43 UTC
Yep, sasquach and i noticed this last night.  passwd has been copied in during 
stage1 builds for a while now and we weren't sure why.  It seems that nothing 
in portage provides this file currently ( I was sure baselayout at least used 
to).  Not sure if there is reasoning behind it or if it has slipped through 
the cracks. 
 
Comment 2 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-09-04 16:06:09 UTC
Yes, if you two bright sparcs (*g*) checked baselayout, you would see that
it is not copied if a ${ROOT}/etc/{passwd,shadow} already exists.  Now I know
you are going to ask ... "WHY .. are you mad ?!?!?".  Answer: if not fully
by now, prob halfway on my way to be totally insane :P

Anyhow .. real reason:  Those who have been with us for a while .. when
last did you see a post to gentoo-user or -dev with "I fried my /etc/passwd"?
Or shadow for that matter ?  I am sorry, but it just too much of a risc to
create the backup file.

I am open however for replacing it during bootstrap, to be sure to get the
latest version, and prob will do it anyhow.
Comment 3 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-09-12 13:25:40 UTC
This is fixed, but will still be an issue until #7596 is resolved.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 7596 ***
Comment 4 Mark Guertin 2002-09-12 15:10:02 UTC
Yep Az, you are right, that is true as I'm looking at the ._cfg stuff now
Comment 5 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-12-16 23:09:39 UTC
closed, dammit