From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_24_48,DMARC_NONE, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from hermes.sistina.com ([208.210.145.141] helo=sistina.com) by cvs.gentoo.org with smtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14piqB-0004s5-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:41:15 -0600 Received: (qmail 4536 invoked from network); 18 Apr 2001 03:39:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO minime.sistina.com) (blutgens@216.17.46.90) by hermes.sistina.com with SMTP; 18 Apr 2001 03:39:09 -0000 Received: by minime.sistina.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 17 Apr 2001 22:40:48 -0500 From: Ben Lutgens To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] problems with new install Message-ID: <20010417224047.A802@minime> References: <20010417212119.B715@minime> <20010417210925.A16787@cvs.gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: <20010417210925.A16787@cvs.gentoo.org>; from drobbins@gentoo.org on Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 09:09:25PM -0600 X-Mailer: all GUI clients SUCK!! Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Tue Apr 17 21:42:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 22:40:47 -0500 X-Archives-Salt: bff6574a-a71c-423e-9e5a-6df0a48f1ddf X-Archives-Hash: a7b494cc3d5975b5cbefe86583ee5484 --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 09:09:25PM -0600, Daniel Robbins wrote: >On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 09:21:19PM -0500, Ben Lutgens wrote: >> Hi all, I just installed a small system from a running system using >> sys-i686-20010406.tgz > >Hey! A www.sistina.com (LVM) person trying Gentoo Linux! Thanks ;) That's right. I am sistina's Senior Sysadmin. :-) > >> The first and formost thing I noticed was that syslog spitting out errors >> everytime the logger tries to make an entry (it can't access >> /var/log/syslog.d/ dir) so I change the perms, now it says it can't lock= the >> dir. So my syslog is still broken.=20 > >Did you extract the tarball using the "p" option? --> Doh! Ooops.=20 ># tar xzvpf ... > >If not, then tar didn't preserve the literal directory permissions and this >is probably causing some problems for you.=20 I'll try again.=20 >> Next I try to add a user using adduser and that application won't even r= un, I >> get "PAM authentication failed" I did however change roots password and = am >> still able to login.=20 > >This is a relatively ancient bug that desperately needs fixing. I'm not s= ure >exactly why PAM is barfing. If I remember correctly, it can be fixed by z= apping >a file in /etc/pam.d. Which one, I'll try using vipw and vigr and try to login but I don't think it'll let me, something in pam's busted for sure. I you can post a fix on t= he website (A FAQ question?) that would be great.=20 >I agree. One of the downsides of doing a major development project in your >"spare" time is that you are forced to step away from development even when >there are little quirks like this that you know need fixing. However, I d= on't >think there are any major quirks beyond this one. Well, I rather like the fact that it's mostly hands-on stuff, and if I can = get the authentication thing straight I can hack the rest of it. Ports man, I love it. Finally a distro with ports. >Achim didn't include the "vipw" and "vigr" tools in build.tbz2? > Didn't try them yet, but on a previous install I used useradd and that work= ed o.k. but I still couldn't login with the use I added. --=20 Ben Lutgens cell: 612.670.4789 Sistina Software Inc. worl: 612.379.3951 Code Monkey Support (A.K.A. System Administrator) Kernel panic: I have no root and I want to scream --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE63Qy/LxkxGgLdGQgRAnZVAJ94qaVMvjoPL1r9bg6EwYbGgEJopgCfU/9R lH2Xs9bB8P07g7Cn5gOPSG8= =VIAc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi--