"Liam Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I decided to see if asking APT to install the libc5 package in
> simulate mode would suggest the removal of libc6 and it doesn't,
> which suggests I could simply install the libc5 package. However, I'm
> too scared to do it without checking that I'm not
On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Ian & Gill Watkins wrote:
> I want to upgrade one or two of the packages on my system beyond the
> stable distribution. The newer packages are all requiring libc6, but
> that conflicts (in DSELECT) with libc5 which is a dependence to a _very_
> large number of programs. =:
Nils Rennebarth wrote:
> I tried to be clear but... anyway, my /etc/nsswitch.conf looks like this:
>
> #---cut here to damage your monitor--
> # /etc/nsswitch.conf
> #
> # Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
> #
>
> passwd: c
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Nils Rennebarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>As for documentation try the command
> info libc
>then look at the section
>* Name Service Switch
Well you could also just read the /usr/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto.gz
file which explains everything in detail.
Mike.
--
On Wed, Jan 14, 1998 at 09:18:55AM -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
> Nils Rennebarth wrote:
> > > passwd: db files
> > > group: db files
> > > shadow: db files
> > For these three replace "db files" with "compat" and you should be done.
> How should it read? The HOW
On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
> Also, I am in Panic Mode now.
> * If I am unable to log in as root, how do I fix what I did to
> nsswitch.conf? I was sensible enough to backup the old file before
> making the changes. I am unable to locate my emergency disk (or
> whatev
Nils Rennebarth wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 09:26:27PM -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
> > After the upgrade, I am unable to log into my machine with a username in
> > YP.
> > $ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
> > passwd: db files
> > group: db files
> > shadow: db files
On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 09:26:27PM -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
> After the upgrade, I am unable to log into my machine with a username in
> YP.
>
> $ cat /etc/passwd
>
> ...some stuff...
>
> +::0:0:::
OK
> $ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
> passwd: db files
> group: db files
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Scott Ellis wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
>
> > * I am downloading the entire hamm binary-i386, contrib and non-free
> > tree to a directory (actually, my home directory) on an NFS server. Is
> > there a possibility that NFS might stop working
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
> I read the mini HOWTO and reports in this mailing list about unstable
> being "stable enough". My machine is kind of a production server. The
> world would not end if it goes down for a day or so. But still it is
> important to have it up a
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
> * I am downloading the entire hamm binary-i386, contrib and non-free
> tree to a directory (actually, my home directory) on an NFS server. Is
> there a possibility that NFS might stop working during the upgrade
> process?
Why don't you just u
On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Ian & Gill Watkins wrote:
> I want to upgrade one or two of the packages on my system beyond the stable
> distribution. The newer packages are all requiring libc6, but that conflicts
> (in DSELECT) with libc5 which is a dependence to a _very_ large number of
> programs.
Michael Bravo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I have the stable 1.3.1 installed. However, as I look at unstable on
> the ftp, I see lots of much more up-to-date and needed
> packages built with libc6. I have browsed through the mailing
> list archives, and found bits and pieces conc
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