On Friday, June 7, 2002, at 08:31 AM, Julien Salort wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Jun 2002 11:35:38 -0400
> Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Muhahaha, now we can r00t you! Oldest trick in the book! (Just
>> kidding :)
>
> I'm not sure to understand.
> Did I compromise my security ? Or does it just reveal that I activated
> the root user once ?
You didn't then, but you did now :)
I was just teasing. Your uname output had your full hostname, and on a
whim I tried pinging it. It worked. If anything else is accessible, I
didn't try & wouldn't know. Just be aware that your machine is globally
accessible, so try not to run any services you don't have locked
down... :)
> I wanted to mean that it did the same thing whatever command you use.
>
>> Can you do a cvs update to clean up your Fink catalog?
>>
>> % fink selfupdate-cvs
>>
>> I have a hunch that might resolve the problem, but it won't help
>> explain
>> it. I don't know how a catalog could get messed up that way...
>
> That didn't solve the problem.
> Thanks for your help anyway.
Well it still seems to me that your .info files inder /sw/fink are
corrupted (that or Fink *itself* is corrupted [or one of the tools it
relies on internally], and can't read valid info files as a result --
let's assume that isn't it for now). My next idea would be to move
/sw/fink/dists out of the way -- let's say "mv /sw/fink/dists
/sw/fink/dists_that_might_be_broken" or something -- and *then* try
another selfupdate-cvs. This time around you should get a completely new
copy of the package catalog. If you have problems with it, then the
issue is somewhere else ("he said, ominously..."). It might be
instructive to compare one of the new package files this gives you to
one of the supposedly-idential moved versions that was giving you error
messages. Maybe something obvious will jump out at you, or could be
passed along to the list for others to examine.
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