Re: WARNING! Do NOT upgrade sysklogd to 1.3-29

1998-10-25 Thread M.C. Vernon
> Thanks, > I spent the better part of the day trying to figure this one out. Not only > did > I lose the ablilty to become root, but my machine hung when trying to start > the > postgresql postmaster (which I believe needed root privlages). I was stumped > because I was able to boot up from m

Re: WARNING! Do NOT upgrade sysklogd to 1.3-29

1998-10-25 Thread Bill Van Devender
Thanks, I spent the better part of the day trying to figure this one out. Not only did I lose the ablilty to become root, but my machine hung when trying to start the postgresql postmaster (which I believe needed root privlages). I was stumped because I was able to boot up from my rescue disk and

Re: WARNING! Do NOT upgrade sysklogd to 1.3-29

1998-10-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Pete Harlan wrote: > > The latest slink update to sysklogd 1.3-29 is SERIOUSLY broken. I > > installed it and could no longer become root. If you have installed it, > > Perhaps then a new version should be uploaded; this version would fail > during install with a brief expl

Re: WARNING! Do NOT upgrade sysklogd to 1.3-29

1998-10-21 Thread Pete Harlan
> The latest slink update to sysklogd 1.3-29 is SERIOUSLY broken. I > installed it and could no longer become root. If you have installed it, Perhaps then a new version should be uploaded; this version would fail during install with a brief explanation, so we don't have to hear people who don't

Re: WARNING! Do NOT upgrade sysklogd to 1.3-29

1998-10-18 Thread David E. Stern
On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > The latest slink update to sysklogd 1.3-29 is SERIOUSLY broken. I > installed it and could no longer become root. If you have installed it, > you will need to boot with your rescue disk (you do have one, don't you?) > and either disable sysklogd (chmod -

Re: WARNING! Do NOT upgrade sysklogd to 1.3-29

1998-10-18 Thread Rene Hojbjerg Larsen
Bob Nielsen wrote: > The latest slink update to sysklogd 1.3-29 is SERIOUSLY broken. I > installed it and could no longer become root. If you have installed it, > you will need to boot with your rescue disk (you do have one, don't you?) > and either disable sysklogd (chmod -x /etc/init.d/sysklogd

WARNING! Do NOT upgrade sysklogd to 1.3-29

1998-10-18 Thread Bob Nielsen
The latest slink update to sysklogd 1.3-29 is SERIOUSLY broken. I installed it and could no longer become root. If you have installed it, you will need to boot with your rescue disk (you do have one, don't you?) and either disable sysklogd (chmod -x /etc/init.d/sysklogd) or install the hamm versi