Date: Sat, 05 Jun 1999 11:00:44 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: Shashi Joshi <shashi@websi.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2.7 -> 3.2 STABLE upgrade changes root password??? Message-ID: <375949AC.8B552A6C@math.missouri.edu> References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990605083901.13810A-100000@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> <37591AC9.B7C29EB2@math.missouri.edu> <19990605094819.A29269@WEBSI.com>
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Shashi Joshi wrote:
>
> Another explanation that may be correct is the shell of root. I had
> /bin/tcsh as the default shell for all accounts. I checked that the
> aout -> elf did NOT generate a new tcsh (since it is a port) so
> that is sitting in the aout format.
>
OK, I guess that at some time you did
cp /usr/local/bin/tcsh /bin
Did you also make sure that tcsh was statically linked? It is not so
by default, so if it is not statically built, then if your /usr is not
mounted, then tcsh won't work bacause it won't find the run time libraries.
It is quite easy to build tcsh statically.
cd /usr/ports/shells/tcsh/
make
cd work/tcsh*
rm tcsh
sed "s/{CC} -o tcsh/{CC} -static -o tcsh/" < Makefile > MMM
mv MMM Makefile
make
Now you have a statically built tcsh in your current directory.
Well, I might not have done that the "correct" way. I would be interested
to know.
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