[solved] Best way to update /etc/gshadow?

pyther · 2011-02-07 13:51:36

'pyther' is a member of the 'video' group in /etc/group but not in /etc/gshadow
'pyther' is a member of the 'audio' group in /etc/group but not in /etc/gshadow
'somebody' is a member of the 'audio' group in /etc/group but not in /etc/gshadow
'mpd' is a member of the 'audio' group in /etc/group but not in /etc/gshadow
'pyther' is a member of the 'optical' group in /etc/group but not in /etc/gshadow
'hal' is a member of the 'optical' group in /etc/group but not in /etc/gshadow
'hal' is a member of the 'floppy' group in /etc/group but not in /etc/gshadow
'pyther' is a member of the 'storage' group in /etc/group but not in /etc/gshadow
'hal' is a member of the 'storage' group in /etc/group but not in /etc/gshadow

Somehow my /etc/group file became out of sync with /etc/gshadow file. What is the best way to fix this? Should I hand edit /etc/gshadow or is there an tool that will sync the two up?

pyther

Last edited by pyther (2011-02-08 00:26:43)

Ramses de Norre · 2011-02-07 14:01:55

man grpconv

Mr.Elendig · 2011-02-07 15:56:13

Did you do mv /etc/gshadow.pacnew /etc/gshadow or similar?

pyther · 2011-02-08 00:25:18

@Rameses de Noree - Cheers, that looks like it did the trick!

@Mr.Elendig, thinking about it, I probably did one night when I was half asleep!

sputnick · 2012-03-05 19:48:33

To solve this, I created a gpasswd wrapper :

#!/bin/bash

/usr/bin/gpasswd "$@"
exec /usr/sbin/grpunconv

fsckd · 2012-03-05 20:07:20

Hello sputnick, please read our policy on bumping old threads: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.22
Closing.

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#1 2011-02-07 13:51:36

[solved] Best way to update /etc/gshadow?

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