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On 4/22/09, Josef Lowder <
joe@actionline.com> wrote:
> I gave up trying to fix the problems and just did a totally fresh
> reinstall both hda5 and hda7.
>
> But that still didn't solve all the problems.
> What is so frustrating is that everything was working perfectly on
> this system until I tried to install Virtual Box and that royally
> screwed up everything.
>
> So now, even with a clean fresh new installation of the same system
> from the same media as before ... I still have several problems that I
> never had before ... even after reformatting both partitions and
> reinstalling (several times).
>
> Now Firefox won't start and wireless doesn't work on my router, though
> it does work on my neighbor's router. Two other systems in my
> home/office do work via wireless on my router. Both Firefox and
> wireless worked fine in the original installation (which Virtual Box
> wrecked).
>
> Go figure.
>
> I've reinstalled Firefox several times, even totally removing all
> traces of it and reinstalling.
> Still can't get it to work. All the files seem to be there the same
> as on one of my other systems with the exact same installation.
>
> Sure hope somebody can help me solve this. I've only been working on
> this off and on for two weeks.
>
> joe
>
> On 4/21/09, Charles Jones <charles.jones@ciscolearning.org> wrote:
>> * waits for Hans to suggest using RCS * :-)
>>
>>
>> Lisa Kachold wrote:
>> > Learning to edit systems files is an advanced process.
>> >
>> > While I never limit my teaching to a dumbed down level, with "NEVER"
>> > admonishments, I did not give you the "safety net rap" reserved for
>> > the best and brightest fledgling systems people:
>> >
>> > "ALWAYS copy any systems file you edit to backup before changes".
>> >
>> > cp /etc/passwd /etc/passwd.$me
>> >
>> > Once the changes are complete and written off as "all good" be sure to
>> > delete all files with .$me {a cron can be setup to do this}.
>> >
>> > Alternately, systems people setup a quick bash tool that will copy it
>> > to $DATE, since they will be editing a great many files a day and need
>> > to be able to see what happened when.
>> >
>> > Editing /etc/passwd is simple, but if you are not sure, delete and
>> > setup your user using command line adduser:
>> >
>> > useradd - Create a new user or update default new user information
>> > SYNOPSIS
>> >
>> > useradd [-c comment] [-d home_dir]
>> >
>> > [-e expire_date] [-f inactive_time]
>> > [-g initial_group] [-G group[,...]]
>> > [-m [-k skeleton_dir] | -M] [-n] [-o] [-p passwd] [-r]
>> > [-s shell] [-u uid] login
>> > useradd -D [-g default_group] [-b default_home]
>> >
>> > [-e default_expire_date] [-f default_inactive]
>> > [-s default_shell]
>> >
>> > On 4/20/09, Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 19:53 -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Looks like your /home partition was being equated as /hda7 - which
>> makes
>> >>> sense.
>> >>>
>> >>> umount /dev/hda7
>> >>> mkdir /home
>> >>> mount -t ext3 (or whatever it is) /dev/hda7 /home
>> >>> df -k
>> >>> vi /etc/passwd
>> >>> ls -al ~joe
>> >>> ls -al ~pattie
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> You can change the mount point via /etc/fstab
>> >>> You can change the users home via /etc/passwd
>> >>> Be sure to chown/chgrp all the files to their corresponding users
>> >>>
>> >>> cd ~joe | chown -R joe:joe *
>> >>> cd ~pattie | chown -R pattie:pattie *
>> >>>
>> >> ----
>> >> just a comment...I don't generally recommend to people to directly
>> >> edit /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/shadow (even with vi) just because
>> >> the problems caused by a careless edit are truly vexing. Perhaps that
>> is
>> >> one way people can learn but it is not the thing to do for the most
>> >> users.
>> >>
>> >> Craig
>> >>
>> >>
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