Hello Brian,
Thanks for the reply.
As I'm actually still going through bringing the up to a "usable state", the
disappeared user accounts are not too much of a problem at the moment. Its the
lack of authentication for root login I'm really concerned with on this point!
I'll take a look at XFree86Config and check for anything untoward. I've not used
ktrace, nor kdump before. Are they used in the same way as truss?
However, as I do intend on upgrading XFree86 to XFree86-4.2.1 today, would it be
more effective to re-install (remove > install latest version), or simply
upgrade the current version (via portupgrade)?
ps waux - show process report, [-a: include all process with a tty session] +
[-u: report user ID for each process listed] + [-w: show wide output]
So, seeing that apache is configured to start on bootup, I would have expected
to see a process called httpd running with variou runtime options listed in the
returned process table - which of course, I don't.
I really am hoping that I could aviod having the reinstall FBSD again here. This
install's taken well over two days of debugging already:-
initial install took the default XFree86-3.3.6x (didn't want that)
The box hung at installation when I included gnome desktop (hence only
XFree86-4.0.2 installed this time around)
Well., thanks again for taking the time, Brian. Hope that what I've included
here lights a few bulbs in a few peoples' heads before too long.
Stacey
Quoting "Brian T. Schellenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wednesday 24 July 2002 03:40 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> | Hi Doug,
> | Thanks for getting back to me. I actually got around that problem
> in the
> | end.
> |
> | However upon completing the upgrade, I noticed a couple of things:
> |
> | 1] startx has stopped working (just XFree86-4.0.2 from the 4.4 CD Set,
> no
> | gnome of kde installed as yet)
>
> Hard to say. Does /etc/X11/XFree86Config look like it always did?
> Might want to ktrace/kdump and see what it's really calling.
>
> | typing "startx" for any user just sits there doing nothing (after 5
> mins or
> | so I killed it with cttrl c)
> |
> | 2] All user account except that for root disappeared.
>
> Something went wrong with mergemaster. Perhaps you installed when you
> should
> have merged. (Or perhaps the problem is with the weird make stuff you
> cite
> below. I don't believe that I ever did anything of the sort and things
> worked ok for me.)
>
> Regardless, the solution is simple:
> Restore your /etc/passwd /etc/master.passwd from backup.
>
> | 3] During bootup apache failed with "unable to find my FQDN". After
> login
> | (as root) "ps waux | grep httpd" returns nothing.
>
> Sorry, that's Greek to me.
>
> | 4] The box does not ask me to enter a password when logging in as root
> on
> | the console
>
> See [2] above.
>
> | I'm not sure if this is the right way to get the above queries
> addressed,
> | but let me know if I should post another to the list.
>
> This is a good place for . . . well, questions.
>
> | Thanks again for taking the time to respond.
> |
> | Stacey
> |
> | Quoting Doug Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> | > On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> | > > Hello,
> | > > I've just done a fresh install of 4.4Rel, and I'm trying to
> | >
> | > upgrade to
> | >
> | > > the latest stable.
> | > >
> | > > In single user mode [using shutdown now] having dropped from
> multiuser
> | >
> | > mode -
> | >
> | > > All went well until I got to "make installworld". I hit the issue
> | >
> | > mentioned in
> | >
> | > > UPDATING 20020404 about the new Sendmail user smmsp. I followed
> the
> | >
> | > advice to:
> | > > cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/mergemaster; make install clean
> | >
> | > The "clean" there is the problem. What UPDATING actually says is:
> | >
> | > cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/mergemaster; make all install [clean]
> | >
> | > I'll delete that altogether, as it's misleading and potentially
> | > dangerous.
> | >
> | > --
> | > "We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power.
> | > And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's
> victory."
> | > - George W. Bush, President of the United States
> | > State of the Union, January 28, 2002
> | >
> | > Do YOU Yahoo!?
> |
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