Re: messagebus user
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Dan Nelson wrote: You should be able to change its uid by deinstalling dbus, then editing /usr/ports/devel/dbus/pkg-install, changing the uid in that script to an unused ID, and reinstalling. That worked fine, thanks. Still don't know what this thing does (the things dependent on it seemed either irrelevant or mysterious), but I'm happy to resolve the issue this way. All the userids created by ports should be listed in /usr/ports/UIDs and GIDs, so you can check to see if any other ports might conflict with existing users. Interesting, thanks again. On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Chris St Denis wrote: Keep in mind you will probably have the same problem when you upgrade the port. Portsnap/csup will overwrite your change so every time you upgrade you'll have to change it again. This might not be an issue due to the explanation from Warren below. May be easier to just change the user's UID once. The user has been around longer than FreeBSD has existed and the UID is used across various system with different OSs, so the reinstall was actually the simpler solution. On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Warren Block wrote: If dbus is required, you should be able to create the messagebus user before installing the dbus port. Then the port's pkg-install should see that you already have a messagebus user and use it instead of creating a new one. (Untested, but it seems like that's worked for upgrading dbus.) Out of curiosity, I tested this theory and it's correct. Are there any files out there that messagebus is expected to own that I should double-check after the reinstallation? Thanks to everyone for all the good advice. Jeffrey Moskot System Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
messagebus user
We just upgraded to a new server (FreeBSD 7.0) and in our passwd file is the user messagebus (there's also a group). What's this for and can the UID be changed? It's got the same number as one of our oldest users and we're trying to determine which UID would be easier to switch. While this obviously has something to do with D-BUS (whatever that is), it's nothing we installed on purpose. If it's not a part of the default system, it probably got bundled in as a dependency during an large port make. Any suggestions? Jeffrey Moskot System Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: messagebus user
In the last episode (Aug 27), jef moskot said: We just upgraded to a new server (FreeBSD 7.0) and in our passwd file is the user messagebus (there's also a group). What's this for and can the UID be changed? It's got the same number as one of our oldest users and we're trying to determine which UID would be easier to switch. While this obviously has something to do with D-BUS (whatever that is), it's nothing we installed on purpose. If it's not a part of the default system, it probably got bundled in as a dependency during an large port make. You should be able to change its uid by deinstalling dbus, then editing /usr/ports/devel/dbus/pkg-install, changing the uid in that script to an unused ID, and reinstalling. All the userids created by ports should be listed in /usr/ports/UIDs and GIDs, so you can check to see if any other ports might conflict with existing users. Unfortunately, the ports themselves don't use those files during the install, so you can't just edit that and be done. You have to fix each port individually. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: messagebus user
Dan Nelson wrote:
In the last episode (Aug 27), jef moskot said:
We just upgraded to a new server (FreeBSD 7.0) and in our passwd file
is the user messagebus (there's also a group).
What's this for and can the UID be changed? It's got the same number
as one of our oldest users and we're trying to determine which UID
would be easier to switch.
While this obviously has something to do with D-BUS (whatever that
is), it's nothing we installed on purpose. If it's not a part of
the default system, it probably got bundled in as a dependency during
an large port make.
You should be able to change its uid by deinstalling dbus, then editing
/usr/ports/devel/dbus/pkg-install, changing the uid in that script
to an unused ID, and reinstalling.
All the userids created by ports should be listed in /usr/ports/UIDs
and GIDs, so you can check to see if any other ports might conflict
with existing users. Unfortunately, the ports themselves don't use
those files during the install, so you can't just edit that and be
done. You have to fix each port individually.
Keep in mind you will probably have the same problem when you upgrade
the port. Portsnap/csup will overwrite your change so every time you
upgrade you'll have to change it again.
May be easier to just change the user's UID once. Should be doable
pretty easily in one shot with a command like
find /usr/home -user 556 -exec chown thenewuserid {} \;
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Re: messagebus user
On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, jef moskot wrote: We just upgraded to a new server (FreeBSD 7.0) and in our passwd file is the user messagebus (there's also a group). What's this for and can the UID be changed? It's got the same number as one of our oldest users and we're trying to determine which UID would be easier to switch. While this obviously has something to do with D-BUS (whatever that is), it's nothing we installed on purpose. If it's not a part of the default system, it probably got bundled in as a dependency during an large port make. If dbus is required, you should be able to create the messagebus user before installing the dbus port. Then the port's pkg-install should see that you already have a messagebus user and use it instead of creating a new one. (Untested, but it seems like that's worked for upgrading dbus.) -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
