Re: [FW1] Cannot create /var/adm/utmp or /var/adm/utmpx

[karimi@ca.ibm.com]

follow this procedure

press STOP-A on the box

# boot cdrom -s
# fsck /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0
# mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0     /a
# TERM=suncmd; export TERM
# cd /a/var/adm
# touch wtmp
# touch utmp
# touch wtmpx
# touch utmpx
# cd /
# umount -a
# reboot

you somehow blew away your utmp/wtmp files which are used to record user login
info.

Alternatively, you could go into single user mode and mount the respective disk
slice  (c0t0d0s3 or /var)
and then cd into /var/adm and touch the files.

_____________________________________________________
karim ismail
Network Security
AT&T Global Network Services      internet: karimi@ca.ibm.com


"Kenny Elmore" <Kenny.Elmore@vanderbilt.edu> on 10/12/99 02:50:20 PM

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I have a Sun running Solaris 2.6. I installed fw1 3.0b, followed
by Service Pack 8. When I reboot I get:


/sbin/rcS: syntax error at line 142 ')' unexpected

INIT: Cannot create /var/adm/utmp or /var/adm/utmpx

INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:"   "

INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:"   "

INIT: Single User Mode

Type Ctrl-d to proceed with normal startup,
(or give root passwrd for system maintenace):

I never changed rcS, and I can't get it  to boot past this
point. Has anyone seen this? Any ideas?

Kenny




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Vanderbilt University
ACIS Network Design and Engineering
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142 Hill Center/PD Box 34
Nashville, Tennessee  37203

Kenny.Elmore@Vanderbilt.Edu



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