Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote, On 09/18/2008 12:47 PM:
Hi all,
One of my F9 systems experienced a utility power failure, and now
non-root users can't log in. Googling based on the errors suggests that
some critical library file has probably become corrupted. Could be
anything, really.
Might have been useful to see the actual error message(s).
does /etc/nologin exist?
In cases like this I usually do
rpm -qa | xargs yumdownloader
rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm
to re-install every single rpm. In theory, it should end up pretty much
in the same state. It's worked well before, anyway.
Is this the slickest method to rescue a limping system? Are there less
hacky methods? I could re-install from cd/dvd or a revisor iso, but that
seems to increase the odds of clicking the wrong button and overwriting
my data...
try looking at `man rpm`
rpm -verify -a
IIRC if you get "........C" for all files in a package, then there no need to
re-install. If you get something else, then you need to decide if the file in
question should be expected to be different than originally installed, such as
/etc/issue from fedora-release.
At least this might reduce the reinstall you do.
Tips welcome!
- Mike
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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter
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