user haldaemon does not exist

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

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philip brown wrote:
> I'm running 6.2 RC1 and I get the following error 
> message (follows) when hald tries to start up.
> 
> I added a regular user named "haldaemon" with adduser
> and hald all worked fine. 
> 
> I also 
> 1.) commented out cdrom device in /etc/fstab 
> 2.) made sure /media folder existed
> 3.) pw group mod operator -m philip as in q.19 g2 faq
> 
> so I do have a working hald installation, however I
> would like "haldaemon" as a system account (ie. like
> www or uucp or pop). not like a regular end user (ie.
> philip david dweezil moon_unit).
> 
> I am relatively new to freebsd administration, can
> somebody please advise how I would achieve this.
> 
> I would imagine on installation "haldaemon" should
> have been installed?

How did you install hal?  This user should be created automatically by
the port and/or package.

Joe

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Joe Marcus Clarke
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