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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!207.22.81.9!europa.clark.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!ng1.icn.state.ia.us!beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us!geoffrey From: geoffrey@beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us (Geoffrey Alexander) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: unknown class root in 2.2.2-RELEASE Date: 30 May 97 16:03:51 GMT Organization: ICN News Server Lines: 25 Message-ID: <geoffrey.865008231@beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us> References: <5mgh3o$j2m$1@soggy.eis.net.au> <338CE3F9.2A57@OntheNet.com.au> <338E6345.54FA@OntheNet.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41907 Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> writes: >Tony Griffiths wrote: >> >> Ernie Elu wrote: >> > >> > I am getting the following message on the console every time I login or ftp >> > to a newly installed 2.2.2-RELEASE machine. >> > >> > inetd[150]: login_getclass: unknown class 'root' >> > >> > I used cvsup to upgrade to 2.2-STABLE but I still get the same error message >> >Acutally the real solution is to get a copy of "login.conf" and put it >in the /etc directory. When this is done, you need to run the >'cap_mkdb' program. Eg. ># cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf >Tony Yes but WHERE does one get a copy, aside from creating one from scratch? I installed 2.2.2 clean from ftp, and it wasn't included. Geoffrey