User `2001' does not exist? Though 2001 does exist.

mxx

Hi,

I have the following log entries:


Jul 13 19:10:20 	php: : The command '/usr/sbin/pw groupadd unpriv -g 2001 -M 2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008 2>&1' returned exit code '67', the output was 'pw: user `2001' does not exist'
Jul 13 19:10:20 	php: : The command '/usr/sbin/pw groupmod all -g 1998 -M 0,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008 2>&1' returned exit code '67', the output was 'pw: user `2001' does not exist'


		 <user><scope>user</scope>
			<password>$1$paL0KN0h$ka.ZVOFKU7c1sx.XkmIgb/</password>
			<md5-hash>da2cbcb6a59c7d7560c56b4d3b1260b8</md5-hash>
			<nt-hash>aaaa42051009831313a8b0700ae3d313</nt-hash>
			<name>Test</name>
			 <fullname>Testuser</fullname> 
			 <expires><authorizedkeys><ipsecpsk><cert><name>TEST</name>
				<caref>4c18e664e11c7</caref>
				 <crt><crt_data></crt_data></crt> 
				 <prv><privatekey_data></privatekey_data></prv></cert> 
			<uid>2001</uid></ipsecpsk></authorizedkeys></expires></user>

Does this indicate a problem with uid 2001? Something to worry about or just wait for a future snapshot?
Can/should I do anything to manually fix this?

Thnx very much for any help!

jimp

It may exist in the GUI but not in /etc/passwd, look in that file to see if it is there

If you edit/save that user in the GUI, does the error go away?

mxx

Thanks for your reply,

none of the users I have created are in passwd.. openvpn client export does work though and they can connect.

When I edit any user and save I get the following output:

Warning: chown(): Unable to find uid for Test in /etc/inc/auth.inc on line 349 Warning: chgrp(): Unable to find gid for nobody in /etc/inc/auth.inc on line 350 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /etc/inc/auth.inc:349) in /etc/inc/functions.inc on line 69

nobody is indeed missing from /etc/group.
This might have happened because (I know I know.. stupid) once I defined a group nobody which gave errors so I removed it.
What's the best way to add nobody again? groupadd doesn't work on freebsd? shall I edit the file manually? Which gid should it have?

Thanks a lot for your help and sorry for my retardedness :-[

jimp

You can hand-edit /etc/group

nobody:*:65534:

That or use:

pw groupadd nobody -g 65534

Your users should be in /etc/passwd. Not sure why they are missing from there.

I did find a way that the error that started the thread could happen. I fixed the code and it might be in the next snap (or just gitsync if you're on a snap from yesterday or today)

mxx

Thnx!
I added nobody, re-saved all users and all show up in passwd now.

Thanks many times ;)