From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 10 08:28:30 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED42D3AB for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:28:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BE13B105D for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:28:30 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=HYjEI80H/1pEjTfthr4BoEpoUMnz/T9N/hQ7Nc10xXM=; b=KHCOyAflH9IpaXoLsF9/kvCwmUaU/99jYV21WP+E17ROvvMvK0PA/hLX9OR3OMps0e8QdYo3KAETUUXQZEuSsrN+aF/ZlVB8OjFZgvhmgnsvEdQZzXI/1HaMYi0v1QE+UpFgbye4Zny/mha/d+UdicTx1fT9+MNF3yi48wxCOW0=; Received: from [182.9.96.173] (port=13522 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1VqIg8-000TDd-Rb; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 01:28:30 -0700 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:28:20 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" Subject: Re: Base System Rebuild Message-ID: <20131210162820.6834d51b@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20131210161620.667c1591@X220.alogt.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2 (GTK+ 2.24.19; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:28:31 -0000 Hi, On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:21:32 -0800 "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" wrote: > I have a working root shell. sshd still seems to work fine, for now > atleast. so, download the sources. Isn't 9.2 also the current version of the 9 branch? If not, download the 9.2 release sources and compile them. It should always work out to download and compile the sources. If the version is identical, you should not need the mergemaster step but this could also create other problems. Root should always work afterwards. At least it did for me. Erich > > Ethan House > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Erich Dollansky < > erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 09 Dec 2013 23:57:53 -0800 > > Ethan House wrote: > > > > > I inherited a FreeBSD 9.2 machine in pretty bad shape. The base > > > system seems to be all out of whack with missing libraries all > > > over the place. A reinstall of the OS is not an option as I am > > > many states away from the box in question. Having no idea what > > > caused this what is the best way to fix this? > > > > how can you connect to the machine? > > > > If you have any chance to copy files to it as root, I would build a > > 9.2-system on a machine at hand and then copy the files to the > > affected machine until a normal log-in is possible. > > > > It should then be possible to download the 9.2 sources and compile a > > new system locally. > > > > Erich > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"