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No user exists for uid 501 after XQuartz update?
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<blockquote data-quote="peeterjoot" data-source="post: 1739328" data-attributes="member: 385490"><p>I just installed an update (2.7.11) for XQuartz, logged out and logged in, and am now getting weird UID related errors attempting to ssh out of my mac:</p><p></p><p>$ ssh macbook</p><p></p><p>No user exists for uid 501</p><p></p><p>The error appears to be a local error on the mac itself, not a network issue.</p><p></p><p>This id is in fact my uid:</p><p></p><p>$ id</p><p></p><p>uid=501 gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff),12(everyone),61(localaccounts),79(_appserverusr),80(admin),81(_appserveradm),98(_lpadmin),701,33(_appstore),100(_lpoperator),204(_developer),395(com.apple.access_ftp),398(com.apple.access_screensharing),101</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>$ echo $UID</p><p></p><p>501</p><p></p><p>but id doesn't recognize it explicitly:</p><p></p><p>$ id -u 501</p><p></p><p>id: 501: no such user</p><p></p><p>$ echo $USER</p><p></p><p>pjoot</p><p></p><p>$ id pjoot</p><p></p><p>id: pjoot: no such user</p><p></p><p>$ cd</p><p></p><p>$ ls -ld .</p><p></p><p>drwxr-xr-x+ 81 501 staff 2754 30 Nov 18:52 .</p><p></p><p>I also don't appear to be able to run sudo anymore:</p><p></p><p>$ sudo vim /etc/passwd</p><p></p><p>sudo: unknown uid 501: who are you?</p><p></p><p>(I thought I'd try to hack in an /etc/passwd entry for id=501 for myself).</p><p></p><p>The highest entry I have in /etc/passwd now 252:</p><p></p><p>...</p><p></p><p>_ondemand<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Kiss.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":*" title="Kiss :*" data-shortname=":*" />:249:249:On Demand Resource Daemon:/var/db/ondemand:/usr/bin/false</p><p></p><p>_xserverdocs<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Kiss.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":*" title="Kiss :*" data-shortname=":*" />:251:251:OS X Server Documents Service:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false</p><p></p><p>_wwwproxy<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Kiss.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":*" title="Kiss :*" data-shortname=":*" />:252:252:WWW Proxy:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false</p><p></p><p>My suspicion is that the XQuartz update has messed things up. How can this be repaired?</p><p></p><p>Peeter</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="peeterjoot, post: 1739328, member: 385490"] I just installed an update (2.7.11) for XQuartz, logged out and logged in, and am now getting weird UID related errors attempting to ssh out of my mac: $ ssh macbook No user exists for uid 501 The error appears to be a local error on the mac itself, not a network issue. This id is in fact my uid: $ id uid=501 gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff),12(everyone),61(localaccounts),79(_appserverusr),80(admin),81(_appserveradm),98(_lpadmin),701,33(_appstore),100(_lpoperator),204(_developer),395(com.apple.access_ftp),398(com.apple.access_screensharing),101 $ echo $UID 501 but id doesn't recognize it explicitly: $ id -u 501 id: 501: no such user $ echo $USER pjoot $ id pjoot id: pjoot: no such user $ cd $ ls -ld . drwxr-xr-x+ 81 501 staff 2754 30 Nov 18:52 . I also don't appear to be able to run sudo anymore: $ sudo vim /etc/passwd sudo: unknown uid 501: who are you? (I thought I'd try to hack in an /etc/passwd entry for id=501 for myself). The highest entry I have in /etc/passwd now 252: ... _ondemand:*:249:249:On Demand Resource Daemon:/var/db/ondemand:/usr/bin/false _xserverdocs:*:251:251:OS X Server Documents Service:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false _wwwproxy:*:252:252:WWW Proxy:/var/empty:/usr/bin/false My suspicion is that the XQuartz update has messed things up. How can this be repaired? Peeter [/QUOTE]
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