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Subject: Can't logon after running buildworld.sh (patchkit-0.2.2)
Message-ID: <1993Apr6.144035.21705@latcs1.lat.oz.au>
From: wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong)
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1993 14:40:35 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia
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Hi,
Ok, this is the situation :
1) Having installed the full bin01, src01 and etc01 dist. sets, I ftp'ed
the file kernel-1.2.pccons-fix-1.tar.Z and have the new kernel extracted
in place of the old one, for purpose of X support.
2) Next, I got crypt.c and add crypt.o into libc.a, and rebuild login/passwd/
ftpd/su etc! Tried out a few login/passwd/ftp/su commands, and they work
fine.
3) Then, I got hold of the patchkit-0.2.2, got it installed except for the
patches in >= 10000 range. Run afterinstall.sh, rebuild the kernel and
restart the system. Well, it works fine, and I still got the encryption
facility.
4) Next, I was a bit curious (actually foolish) to try executing
buildworld.sh, and hell, that lasted for more than 10 hrs on a 486/33
machine !! The worst thing yet to come! Having waited long for the
buildworld.sh, I reboot the system, and then trajedy, I can never login
as root or as any other users I created!!
I tried to use back the old kernel (the one extracted from
kernel-1.2.pccons-fix-1.tar.Z) and it didn't work either.
Well, with the initial boot disk, I can stil mount my harddisk on the
floppy root file system. But, is there any otherway for me to quicky get
myself back into the system ? I tried blanking out the root passwd field
in passwd and master.passwd file, but they won't do any good, as kvm_mkdb
has to be invoked to update the system database. Can anyone suggest any
quick fix without resinstalling 386bsd from scratch ?
Also, does the kernel extracted from kernel-1.2.pccons-fix-1.tar.Z include
all the patches fixes in patchkit-0.2.2 , crypt.o in libc.a ? And, does the
patchkit-0.2.2 include fix for crypt.o in libc.a as well ? I tried not to
do redundant thing there with 2 versions of kernel ( ie one built after
installing patchkit-0.2.2, and one extracted out from XFree86 groups).
Well, it happens that the size of the later (kernel-1.2.pccons-fix-1.tar.Z
is larger than one that is built with the patchkit-0.2.2). So, I found myself
confused over the status of the patchkit-0.2.2 vs. kernel-1.2.pccons.fix-1.tar.Z
. I wonder if anyone out there can kindly shed some LIGHT on this confusion ?
So, in order for me to get an updated version of kernel, is patchkit more
recommended, or simple pinch a copy of the latest kernel binary from any site
out there , which is prefered ?
Many many many ... thanks in advance!!!
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- wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au