[rb-general] freebsd 12.0 problem, user 'ntpd'

[Geert Stappers]

On Fri, Nov 01, 2019 at 02:21:02PM -0600, jathan wrote:
> On 01/11/2019 14:16, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 01, 2019 at 01:23:31PM -0600, jathan wrote:
> >> If you try to create the ntpd user does the system tell you it exists
> >> already as /etc/passwd says?
> > 
> > how strange, this worked:
> > 
> > root at freebsd-jenkins:/usr/home/holger # adduser
> > Username: ntpd
> > Full name: bla
> > Uid (Leave empty for default): 
> > Login group [ntpd]: 
> > Login group is ntpd. Invite ntpd into other groups? []: 
> > Login class [default]: 
> > Shell (sh csh tcsh git-shell bash rbash nologin) [sh]: 
> > Home directory [/home/ntpd]: 
> > Home directory permissions (Leave empty for default): 
> > Use password-based authentication? [yes]: 
> > Use an empty password? (yes/no) [no]: yes
> > Lock out the account after creation? [no]: yes
> > Username   : ntpd
> > Password   : <blank>
> > Full Name  : bla
> > Uid        : 1004
> > Class      : 
> > Groups     : ntpd 
> > Home       : /home/ntpd
> > Home Mode  : 
> > Shell      : /bin/sh
> > Locked     : yes
> > OK? (yes/no): yes
> > adduser: INFO: Successfully added (ntpd) to the user database.
> > adduser: INFO: Account (ntpd) is locked.
> > Add another user? (yes/no): n
> > Goodbye!
> > root at freebsd-jenkins:/usr/home/holger # grep ntp /etc/passwd 
> > ntpd:*:1004:123:bla:/home/ntpd:/bin/sh
> > root at freebsd-jenkins:/usr/home/holger # 
> > 

What did say `id ntpd`?   (`id ntpd` failed in the original email)


> It would be useful to report this strange behaviour to the FreeBSD
> community due the version upgrade. What about the job trying to build
> FreeBSD master now? What is the result?

The original email said
full log at https://jenkins.debian.net/job/reproducible_freebsd/314/console


Groeten
Geert Stappers
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