Thanks! I reinstalled the glibc packages from the RH9 CD, and all is well!
If anyone else ever runs across this problem, I reinstalled glibc using: rpm -ivv --force --root /mnt/sysimage /mnt/source/RedHat/RPMS/glibc-2.3.2-11.9.i686.rpm rpm -ivv --force --root /mnt/sysimage /mnt/source/RedHat/RPMS/glibc-common-2.3.2-11.9.i386.rpm It is probably safest to remove the old packages before doing this, but since I didn't know what package the user overwrote my glibc with, I just forced this one over whatever already existed. nw -----Original Message----- From: Robert C. Paulsen Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 3:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: destroyed glibc! On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 03:21:33PM -0700, Nick White wrote: > A user, (who will no longer get root privileges) has totally messed up > glibc, and the system no longer boots. All that he mentioned was > something about libcommon and libc (glibc?). I can boot RedHat 9 into > rescue mode from the CD-ROM. Since the hard drive is mounted to > /mnt/sysimage, installing RPMs is difficult. > > What can I do to recover the system! > "man rpm" and read the discussion of --root. Essentially, this allows you to specify something other than "/" as the root directory. May be just what you need. -- Robert C. Paulsen, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
