Stuff reset after adding libraries

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Wed Nov 24 22:45:26 PST 2004


On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 11:43:31PM -0500, RL wrote:
> I found this odd, but maybe it's normal.  I installed a bunch of
> system libraries I didn't have before in /stand/sysinstall using the
> CD. After that my login name (root was still there) was gone from
> /etc/password (home directory was still there though), in which I
> couldn't log in as non-root.  Also, my /etc/hosts was reset to the
> default; my entries in that was gone.  Is this normal after installing
> a bunch of libraries in sysinstall from the CD?

What do you mean by "installing a bunch of libraries"?  Please try to
be precise when asking for help, because we need to know exact
details to be able to help you.

Kris
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