[TriLUG] Interesting error messages
jeremyp at pobox.com
jeremyp at pobox.com
Tue Oct 23 18:46:01 EDT 2001
Well, getgrnam() stands for "get group name" and is the C library function
to get group information; it's analagous to the more commonly seen
getpwnam(). man 3 getgrnam.
Is this an upgrade or clean drive? If an upgrade, did /etc/group somehow
get corrupted?
--Jeremy
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Jeff Bollinger wrote:
> When I boot my (freshly installed) 7.2 machine, I get this message
> during the boot process:
>
> getgrnam failed forEnabling swap space
>
> I'm assuming that the 'getgrnam failed' is something that happens before
> the swap space is enabled. Any idea what this means, and is related to?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
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