On Sunday 19 August 2007, Franz Pletz wrote: > On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 09:23:45PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > I installed Etch on a computer for my Mother today and it wouldn't > > allow me to use "hal." On all my email accounts and other accounts > > on all the systems I deal with, I've always used the name "hal," > > but now it's not allowed. > > The hal user was previously used by the Hardware Abstraction Layer > daemon. Since 0.5.7.1-1 it's called haldaemon and since 0.5.7.1-2 the > old hal user is ensured to get removed in postinst of the package. So > the system should allow you to create this user. > > > Is there a way around this? Can I get my name back? It seems > > shortsighted to create systems that create a username like this. > > It's not as common as john or jane, but it's a well known name that > > it seems likely people would be using to log in with. > > Please verify you're running Etch/stable and your version of hal is > greater than 0.5.7.1-1, i.e. using dpkg -l hal. If it is, you can > safely remove any existing hal system user using deluser --system hal > and create your own.
I just downloaded the Etch Net install today and that was what I used. I can double check it, but I followed the links to it from the main page. Here's the link to the full CD: http://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/debian-cd/4.0_r0/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r0-i386-CD-1.iso And here's the one to the net install: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r0-i386-netinst.iso I admit that I do miss the obvious at times, but isn't Etch 4.0r0? > That user, however, shouldn't have existed in the first place... I know it was on some other versions, but I'm glad to know it won't be a long term issue. It may seem small, but I'm sure anyone with experience will know what kind of little niggling irritations can pop up in having to deal with a different account name on some systems or services than on others. Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
