From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 10 08:34:31 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BE9174DA for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:34:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sc3app27.rit.edu (sc3app27.rit.edu [129.21.35.56]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 858581101 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:34:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-f49.google.com (mail-qa0-f49.google.com [209.85.216.49]) by smtp-server.rit.edu (PMDF V6.3-x14 #31420) with ESMTPS id <0MXL00HY515HVM@smtp-server.rit.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 03:34:30 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-qa0-f49.google.com with SMTP id ii20so3473456qab.1 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:34:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.191.195 with HTTP; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:34:28 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.49.116.5 with SMTP id js5mr41434410qeb.36.1386664469218; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:34:29 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.49.116.5 with SMTP id js5mr41434353qeb.36.1386664468741; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:34:28 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:34:28 -0800 From: "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" Subject: Re: Base System Rebuild In-reply-to: <20131210162820.6834d51b@X220.alogt.com> Sender: ewh2048@rit.edu To: Erich Dollansky Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-RIT-Received-From: 209.85.216.49 X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=/WLgAEUtU3hwx9lMOW2HK7jFWkI2Cj/4S5JhJC6btHo=; b=E3Rj3RQA+oBkpVN7ooJ5XuRGNc8D0/GfF4GX4b84BO+fiynlqs/LzMaRUt2KIYtqiE xE5KGnZhy4yB0pgD9F+teRQ2Yeu2O7kTRdppfd8zVwwkmpRqQ1eZRYQGW9ykVFECXOiE /J2McePcd0TXzFiwwN8JN9BdVP5sJX91mkydHN9yTBCsh9xrYktRfB7slbIl1LnuKibi /Ov24/VS7jNBm2MPfIHMxbe2lsehEwBY0O/NEhDGrIEFozfnVb3M7cCUxEABVD7US2W+ pfJ8m/q2rDRKIQapMgeKfeK7Ki+89itZsaDoqUsg73/hsyU6DNTuDVQVB4AxWb7GeyNA WRVA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm+EjpPhDyDoqMT3nwXKUvpd6undcz1tV1kaXJWnoVuF7EvQiMOEOWDvGc+HAlcUlCtxPlPScxnNqEko9XJ6Mf5XE0TIZu+sSEMGkzEZQ8vEUVtwl/Q8OduduU31PByHavz7RqBX9Hg44H7qZv7qmMubpJt9cc0C/M/SFitYLsKbBKGYiE= X-Google-Sender-Auth: SFI637tk5W-Ig40bJ17yHSOMAoY References: <20131210161620.667c1591@X220.alogt.com> <20131210162820.6834d51b@X220.alogt.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 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 08:34:31 -0000 http://pastebin.com/LcCXcjq6 Not sure if I am making a newb mistake. This would be my first worldbuild. I confirmed I was on the 9.2 source tree. Ethan House On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Erich Dollansky < erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > 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" > >