accidently deleted user www
Hi i accidently deleted the user www and now my apache doesnt start. is there a fast way to solve this problem? im learning mysql/php and need to have my apache up and running as soon as possible, and i dont want to reinstall apache from ports, because if i do so i need to bring my friends here again to setup apache to work with mysqld :-) dont answer man apache then i dont know the meaning of this mailinglist. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: accidently deleted user www
Andre wrote: i accidently deleted the user www and now my apache doesnt start. is there a fast way to solve this problem? 1) Change your apache's httpd.conf to run as nobody/nogroup. 2) Use vipw or adduser commands to recreate the www user. 3) Restore /etc's config files from backups. But most importantly, however, is that you should figuring out how to undo a change before you make it, not afterwards -- -Chuck ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: accidently deleted user www
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Andre wrote: Hi i accidently deleted the user www and now my apache doesnt start. is there a fast way to solve this problem? Don't do that. :-) If your machine has been running for a while there should be backups in /var/backup, so you can do: # grep '^www:' /var/backups/master.passwd.bak /etc/master.passwd # pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd $.02, /Mikko ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: accidently deleted user www
Hi i accidently deleted the user www and now my apache doesnt start. is there a fast way to solve this problem? It seems like there are two possibilities of what you mean. One is just that you deleted the id www out of your passwd file. The other is that you really deleted user www which had lots of necessary files. The first is easy. Just make yourself root and do a 'vipw' Add in an entry for the user www. You will need to have an idea of what the UID, GID, home directory and shel should be.But, armed with that you can just copy one of the nearby lines and edit it with the appropriate info for www and :wq out and voila, it will be there. Note, the UID and GID must be correct, not just the id name. I have them as 80:80 on some other machines. The home directory might also have to be correct, depending on how you have Apache set up/configured. Ours is /nonexistant since we really don't use that directory. The shell probably only matters if you log in as www for some things. Ours is /bin/nologin. If you had files under user www, then you are going to either have to find some backups of recreate them. Good lick, ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
