Mark Misulich said the following on 01/11/2013 09:19 AM:
After all, it is openSuse's job to supply the /etc files, right? The /etc files magically show up each time I format and reinstall from the old version to the newest version.
Well, yes and no. They supply then with each subsystem, but its your responsibility to configure them to suit your needs. For example: /etc/passwd should have your encrypted password, as well as that of root. You should add entries to it for every user of the system. /etc/group should have entries that enable selected users to use subsystems. I've just been though this for the printer system with Davi, he needed to enter his user name to the lp group so he could add printers. He also - some though Yast - modified entries under /etc/cups/, some of them installing a PPD for his printer. I also add myself to the 'wheel group' and modify the appropriate entry in sudoers. I mentioned 'enscript' - while it has defaults you still want to tell the print subsystem what default size paper you use, A4, letter, foolscap. And so it goes for much more: permissions, cron, temp files, samba, perhaps even locale. Oh, and don't forget /etc/HOSTNAME. When you erase your root partition, yes Suse will install new files, but the values you've set will be lost. And its now getting worse! All of system is there as well, what you have active as symlinks under /etc and the actual files under /lib. I've found that I needed to add some symlinks and also to alter the timeout values on other subsystem startups. named.service was one such since I use a list of advert hosts that get blackholed by my DNS and the named startup was timing out. I'm still getting the spamd startup timing out. That seems to be a dependency problem. In addition, systemd makes use of settings in /etc/sysconfig/. You've almost certainly altered them from the values off the distribution DVD. For example, your chose of desktop and graphical login. I'd advise you to always back up your configuration data. -- Call 226682779489712859637199678587902423107 for a good prime! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org