hmmm, i didn't know about the 'vv' bit, that's cool! however: D: install: running %pre script(s) (if any) + /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-user openssh 1 sshd /var/empty /bin/true 1:openssh-server D: ========= Directories not explictly included in package: D: 0 /etc/pam.d/ D: 1 /etc/rc.d/init.d/ D: 2 /etc/ssh/ D: 3 /usr/lib/ssh/ D: 4 /usr/sbin/ D: 5 /usr/share/man/man5/ D: 6 /usr/share/man/man8/ D: 7 /var/
(i don't know what output may be significant) and i still get: [root@mycroft bascule]# service sshd restart Stopping sshd: [FAILED] Starting sshd:Privilege separation user sshd does not exist [FAILED] running: [root@mycroft bascule]# /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-user openssh 1 sshd /var/empty /bin/true gives no messages but i still get the above error on starting sshd makes me think that perhaps the problem is not the rpm installation? bascule On Tuesday 29 Oct 2002 9:55 pm, Todd Lyons wrote: > I did the following: > > service sshd stop > rpm -e openssh-server > rpm -ivvh /path/to/openssh-server* > > In the resulting output I found: > > D: install: running %pre script(s) (if any) > + /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-user openssh 1 sshd /var/empty /bin/true > > That gets run before any files get installed. %pre is a pre-install > script). Then further down, I found: > > Blue skies... Todd -- All Hell hadn't been let loose. It was merely Detritus. But from a few feet away you couldn't tell the difference. (The Fifth Elephant)
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