Re: Accidentally moved /libexec/ld-elf.so.1

2009-08-21 Thread Stew Houston
I appreciate the help thus far; as /rescue/csh in single user mode has moved
me past my first hurdle.  However, being the blundering newbie I am, I was
working in the /tmp directory, which seems to have been cleared (or is empty
for whatever reason in the current state.)  If it has been wiped, my
ld-elf.so.1 file has been wiped with it.  What to do?

Thanks much

Stew

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Mel Flynn 
mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.netmel.flynn%2bfbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net
 wrote:

 On Thursday 20 August 2009 18:44:12 Stew Houston wrote:
  Setting up a chroot jail I accidentally moved /libexec/ld-elf.so.1
 instead
  of copying it.  Bash would no longer take any commands, though I can't
  remember the error I was getting (it was aborting.)  I rebooted, hoping I
  could do something in Single User Mode; but to no avail.  Is there a way
 I
  can undo this blunder?

 /rescue/mv /path/to/jail/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 /libexec/
 --
 Mel

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Re: Accidentally moved /libexec/ld-elf.so.1

2009-08-21 Thread Stew Houston
Thank you all for the wonderful help.  I've recovered the file and the
system is fully operational.  The solution that worked was:

Single User Mode
/rescue/sh
/rescue/mount /
/rescue/mount /tmp
/rescue/mv /tmp/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 /libexec

As I spent my entire youth on Windows, I can honestly say this is the first
time this type scenario didn't end in reformatting.  FreeBSD is rockin'

Stew

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Steve Bertrand st...@ibctech.ca wrote:

 Polytropon wrote:
  Replying to my own message in order to clarify:
 
  On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:53:43 +0200, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote:
  On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:28:47 -0400, Stew Houston stewhous...@gmail.com
 wrote:
  However, being the blundering newbie I am, I was
  working in the /tmp directory, which seems to have been cleared (or is
 empty
  for whatever reason in the current state.)
  Cleaning the /tmp directory at startup usually is controlled
  via an /etc/rc.conf setting: it's clear_tmp_enable=YES.
 
  As Glen suggested: If /tmp resides on its own partition, it could
  still be intact. So mount /tmp and copy the file:
 
# mount /tmp
# cp /tmp/ld-elf.so.1 /libexec
 
 
 
  As far as I got from searching for ld-elf related stuff,
  a command like
 
   # cd /usr/src/libexec/rtld-elf
   # make install
 
  could do the trick. But I haven't checked this, and I am
  not sure.
 
  I checked now. The make command produces ld-elf.so.1, at least
  on my system. If make install doesn't work correctly, copy
  the file manually.
 
# cd /usr/src/libexec/rtld-elf
# make
# cp ld-elf.so.1 /libexec
 
  Of course, you will need to have /usr mounted if it's not on
  the / partition.

 I don't know if it will help or not, but here is a link to the file in
 question.

 If all of the other great recommendations don't pan out, you may be able
 to boot from some form of 'live cd', and then fetch the file into place.

 http://www.ipv6canada.com/ld-elf.so.1

 % mount /dev/ad0s1a /mnt # where ad0s1a is your / on the hard disk
 % cd /mnt/libexec
 % fetch http://www.ipv6canada.com/ld-elf.so.1
 % reboot

 Steve

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Accidentally moved /libexec/ld-elf.so.1

2009-08-20 Thread Stew Houston
Setting up a chroot jail I accidentally moved /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 instead
of copying it.  Bash would no longer take any commands, though I can't
remember the error I was getting (it was aborting.)  I rebooted, hoping I
could do something in Single User Mode; but to no avail.  Is there a way I
can undo this blunder?

Stew
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mysql50-server root login

2009-07-27 Thread Stew Houston
I'm having trouble getting my MySQL server root password to stick.  After
installing through ports, I run mysql_install_db which gives me two commands
to set the root password through mysqladmin.  I do this and all is well.  I
can login as root with no problems.  After a reboot however, the I can't get
in.  Any ideas?

Stew
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