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Re: ssh-host-config bug?


On Sep  8 17:33, luke.kendall@cisra.canon.com.au 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.


Corinna

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