f9 yum update "setup" - passwd file change

Patrick O'Callaghan pocallaghan at gmail.com
Mon Sep 29 18:41:43 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 18:33 +0000, Mike wrote:
> After updating my system today for the first time in a week, I note that
> there was an update to "setup" - which created /etc/passwd.rpmnew 
> 
> This is quite different to the original file - 
> 
> What if anything needs to be done?
> 
> Should the relevant lines be copied over to the original file? 
> Or should the system not be touched?

Check the archives for the last few days. This issue has been discussed
recently.

poc




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