>>>>> "sneex" == sneex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
sneex> Merlyn said: Aliases not matching? sneex> Can I assume that the *root* user has been enabled in this crash sneex> recovery situation? sneex> When I am root I do not see this issue, for example: sneex> [localhost:/] root# id sneex> uid=0(root) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel), 1(daemon), 2(kmem), 3(sys), sneex> 4(tty), 5(operator), 20(staff), 31(guest) sneex> [localhost:/] root# pwd sneex> / sneex> [localhost:/] root# cd /private sneex> [localhost:/private] root# pwd sneex> /private sneex> [localhost:/private] root# cd /etc sneex> [localhost:/etc] root# pwd sneex> /private/etc sneex> However, I've found that right after a system recovery the root user sneex> is NOT enabled nor available and must be manually set; so I am sneex> wondering if this is a possible contributing factor? No. Try that like I said: 1. copy your entire partition to whatever backup you have 2. erase your partition 3. restore your partition from whatever backup you have 4. boot You'll end up in single-user mode, unable to find anything in /etc because the alias at /etc is no longer pointing at /private/etc and life is bad. "Apple Software Restore" is starting to look like it might be the right solution, but I can't just drop an image on it as the instructions said, so I'm confused again. :( -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!
