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Fink isn't the problem here
Just to keep the blame from being piled up on the Fink project, the problem *isn't* with Fink. Rather, it is a glitch with the "passwd" package, which is required by a number of other things you may have installed with Fink (from stable: mysql, nethack, gnome-games, gnome-libs; from unstable: those plus postgresql, warp, leafnode, and postfix). This is a known bug, which is slated to be patched very soon. If you haven't installed any of these packages, then you probably didn't get passwd either, and you'll have no problem.
In the meantime, if I remember correctly, the fix is to set the home & shell parameters for these virtual users to /dev/null. This or something like it is probably what the fix will end up doing. That, or just leave things alone -- if your MySQL installation still works with the user you created for it, then you can leave the Passwd installed version alone for now. Granted, it may be a minor security hole to have extra users in your system database, but chances are it's not going to hurt much by being there. In any event, the important point is that Fink isn't the critical problem here. Blaming Fink for this is like saying OSX is broken because of an iTunes bug -- it's inaccurate & misleading, and could scare people away from using a very good system that is being actively maintained & developed by a lot of enthusiastic users. The problem here is known, and while it is serious, a fix is on the way that will at least keep it from damaging other users. For more info, about this & other issues, please feel free to sign up for the Fink mailing lists. |
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