WH Bouterse wrote:
> Well my hybrid LInux-Mandrake 6.1
> and 7.0Beta upgrade finally met a wall.
>
> Latest kernel.rpms 2.2.14-14 I did
> an -Uvh instead of my usual -ivh and
> though lilo.conf has the newest, now some
> kind of security glitch will not let me
> shutdown -r now to get to it. A cold boot
> gives an old totally confused kernel.
> All of my old System.maps disappeared
> with the -Uvh.
>
> Adding a new user with full shutdown authority,
> changes nothing. Even going with the custom.sh
> in /etc/security/msec can't shake it loose.
>
> What in the heck did I do and
> how to reboot cleanly.
> ctrl-alt-del gives same
> "no authorized users logged in"
>
> And I was about to brag how nicely
> everything was going.
>
> By the way did anyone else loose "expert"
> for several days? I did since Friday
> and now they start showing up again Tues.pm !!??
>
> Help !
>
> William Bouterse
> Juneau Alaska
OK on startup
linux 1
And
# passwd root somewhatever
Should give you a user
looks like /etc/ files may have taken a hit
Suggest next time
rpm -F
works rather well for me
Civileme
