From 0d77d170afafe86d7f7a261a9785f98c3208f3d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Lepore Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:16:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] If a user skips the pre-world mergemaster, an installworld check notices the missing ntpd user and refers to UPDATING. This change makes it more clear which aspect of UPDATING is important for the ntpd change. PR: 231334 Approved by: re (gjb) --- UPDATING | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index bd314d07df12..122b0600e827 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW: 20180719: New uid:gid added, ntpd:ntpd (123:123). Be sure to run mergemaster or take steps to update /etc/passwd before doing installworld on - existing systems. Also, rc.d/ntpd now starts ntpd(8) as user ntpd + existing systems. Do not skip the "mergemaster -Fp" step before + installworld, as described in the update procedures near the bottom + of this document. Also, rc.d/ntpd now starts ntpd(8) as user ntpd if the new mac_ntpd(4) policy is available, unless ntpd_flags or the ntp config file contain options that change file/dir locations. When such options (e.g., "statsdir" or "crypto") are used, ntpd can