uid and gid for upgrading OS X.3
Sunday, October 26th, 2003After upgrade to OS X.3 from a OS X.2 , the netinfo database is not consistent with the file permissions. especially if fink is used. For example, if you installed postfix with fink, then the uid for posifix from fink is different from the default in OS X.3.
The solution is to use “niload” to merge the group and user info from the OS X.3 installation disk. Change the corrent working directory to the /etc directory of the installation disk, and do
sudo niload -v -m passwd < ./master.passwd sudo niload -v -m group < ./group
This will create the necessary users and groups (e.g., maildrop, lp, etc.) for OS X.3 to function normally.