Precise Puppy 5.5.93 (5.6beta2)

Another one!

Very brief release notes:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/test/precise-5.5.93-5.6beta2/precise-5.6beta2-readme.htm

Download (also delta files):
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/test/precise-5.5.93-5.6beta2/

Latest Woof commits:
http://bkhome.org/fossil/woof2.cgi/info/c5e369b59f
http://bkhome.org/fossil/woof2.cgi/info/176c218db4
http://bkhome.org/fossil/woof2.cgi/info/2462412ded

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Comments

5.5.93 forum feedback
Username: BarryK
I started a thread on Raffy's Puppy-backup forum: http://puppylinux.info/topic/precise-puppy-5593-56beta2 I have also started a thread on the main Puppy Forum: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=86137

x.x.93
Username: Sage
"Not up on the NLUUG ftp site yet so will need to wait for the next hour or two watching it d/l from ibilio! Might be worth sending your gems first to some of the generous Forum members who offer their servers from time to time?

useradd like spot
Username: broomdodger
"In the 'spot' directory is a README with this: "spot" is a restricted user of Puppy. (you could also add fido, rover, rex!) How to add a user? I know Puppy is not multi-user, but I have a web app that uses a specific user name. I have not had success with 'useradd' Bill

adduser like spot
Username: broomdodger
"oops I mean adduser, or newuser Bill

adduser
Username: wb7odyfred
"http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=1401215887&t=81381 adduser explained in this AlienJeff forum post http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=34153 adduser jeank passwd jeank Look at the BruceB forum post about 5 posts down from AlienJeff and you can use the user "spot" with super user command [b]"su spot"[/b] [code]sh-4.1# su spot sh-4.1$ whoami spot sh-4.1$ pwd /root/spot sh-4.1$ exit exit sh-4.1# cat /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh daemon:x:1:1::/: nobody:x:65534:65534::/tmp: spot:x:502:502:Linux User,,,:/root/spot:/bin/sh bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin: messagebus:x:18:18:D-Bus Message Daemon User,,,:/var/run/dbus:/bin/false #messagebus:x:503:503:Linux User,,,:/tmp:/bin/sh ftp:x:1000:1000:Linux User,,,:/root/ftpd:/bin/sh haldaemon:x:108:119:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/var/run/hald:/bin/false uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh sshd:x:33:33:sshd:/: webuser:x:1002:504:Linux User,,,:/root/Web-Server:/bin/sh fredf:x:1001:1001:Linux User,,,:/home/fredf:/bin/sh/false sh-4.1# whoami root [/code] You can search through the PuppyLinux Forum with the wellminded.com link http://www.wellminded.com/puppy/pupsearch.html Explanation of [b]"adduser"[/b] command for fedora Linux http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/64024.aspx

adduser errors
Username: broomdodger
"wb7odyfred, I tried all the your suggestions, but got error messages. 075414 adduser tnp Adding user `tnp' ... Adding new group `tnp' (1001) ... groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later. adduser: `/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 1001 tnp' returned error code 10. Exiting. " .......1.........2.........3.........4.........5.........6.... Then I tried the link to the AlienJeff forum post: 075611 mkdir /home 075631 cd /home 075635 mkdir tnp 075639 adduser -h /home/tnp tnp " .......1.........2.........3.........4.........5.........6.... And got this message, obviously -h is short for --help: adduser [--home DIR] [--shell SHELL] [--no-create-home] [--uid ID] [--firstuid ID] [--lastuid ID] [--gecos GECOS] [--ingroup GROUP | --gid ID] [--disabled-password] [--disabled-login] [--encrypt-home] USER Add a normal user adduser --system [--home DIR] [--shell SHELL] [--no-create-home] [--uid ID] [--gecos GECOS] [--group | --ingroup GROUP | --gid ID] [--disabled-password] [--disabled-login] USER Add a system user adduser --group [--gid ID] GROUP addgroup [--gid ID] GROUP Add a user group addgroup --system [--gid ID] GROUP Add a system group adduser USER GROUP Add an existing user to an existing group general options: --quiet | -q don't give process information to stdout --force-badname allow usernames which do not match the NAME_REGEX[_SYSTEM] configuration variable --help | -h usage message --version | -v version number and copyright --conf | -c FILE use FILE as configuration file " .......1.........2.........3.........4.........5.........6.... Then I tried: 080535 adduser --home /home/tnp tnp Warning: The home dir /home/tnp you specified already exists. Adding user `tnp' ... Adding new group `tnp' (1001) ... groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later. adduser: `/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 1001 tnp' returned error code 10. Exiting. " .......1.........2.........3.........4.........5.........6.... Then using this suggestion I remove the *.lock files, now I 'only' get error code 1, still no added user ;( http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/groupadd-unable-to-lock-group-file-79130/ 082149 adduser --home /home/tnp tnp Adding user `tnp' ... Adding new group `tnp' (1001) ... adduser: `/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 1001 tnp' returned error code 1. Exiting. " .......1.........2.........3.........4.........5.........6.... Any other suggestions? Bill

adduser
Username: L 18 L
"-h is not obviously help, it is home [code]adduser --help[/code] helps. # mkdir /home # adduser tnp Changing password for tnp New password: Retype password: Password for tnp changed by root # # deluser tnp # without any error in puppy precise 5.5.93 fido

adduser the other one
Username: broomdodger
"I found the problem... I installed openssh-server, one of it dependencies is a different version of 'adduser' which uses different options, --home vs -h. I deleted openssh-server and all dependencies and the busybox adduser works. I know I could have used 'busybox adduser ...' but I also had trouble starting openssh-server I will try again later. I have dropbear ssh working. Bill

busybox permission wrong?
Username: broomdodger
"Precise 5.5.93 I have been playing with adduser and passwd. I think there is a problem with permissions on busybox. Previously added the user 'bee'. # .......1.........2.........3.. Changing the passwd for both 'root' and 'bee' works from 'root'. # passwd Changing password for root New password: Retype password: Password for root changed by root # passwd bee Changing password for bee New password: Retype password: Password for bee changed by root # .......1.........2.........3.. Changing the passwd from user 'bee' fails. # su bee # whoami bee # passwd passwd: must be suid to work properly # passwd bee passwd: must be suid to work properly # exit exit # whoami root # .......1.........2.........3.. web search suggestion: /bin/busybox needs the sticky bit set. # cd /bin # ls -la busybox -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 704660 May 12 02:35 busybox # chmod 4755 busybox # ls -la busybox -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 704660 May 12 02:35 busybox # cd # .......1.........2.........3.. Now changing passwd from user 'bee' works. # whoami root # su bee # whoami bee # passwd Changing password for bee Old password: New password: Retype password: Password for bee changed by bee # exit exit # whoami root # .......1.........2.........3.. Bill

busybox setuid bit
Username: broomdodger
"correction: setuid bit not sticky Bill

precise 5.5.93 boot fail
Username: aarf
"no green "done"s are shown achieved. goes to and stops at a screen that has as the last few lines <numbers> ? start_kernel <numbers> <numbers> ? kernel_init <numbers> <numbers> ? kernel_thread_helper <numbers> can post a phone made screenshot if it helps more

precise 5.5.93 boot fail 2
Username: aarf
"above is achieved with title precise55 blackscreen root (hd0,0) kernel /precise55/vmlinuz psubdir=precise55 pfix=fsck xforcevesa nomodeset acpi=off initrd /precise55/initrd.gz with instead just kernel /precise55/vmlinuz psubdir=precise55 same full blackscreen as all the other previous BK precise

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