Re: [expert] linuxconf says system not in sync
Hi again, Thanks for the help w/lynx. I probably should have thought of that. For anyone who's interested, I did the following things to correct the linuxconf problem I was having. Here's the description from my previous post: On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Eric Rahmig wrote: 1. When quitting linuxconf, it complains that the system is not in sync. It wants to change ownership of /var/spool/mqueue to root.mail, it wants to change /usr/sbin/pppd to mode 755, and it wants to restart gpm. I noticed duplicate entries in "Control" - "Control files and systems" - "Configure file permissions and ownership" for /var/spool/mqueue and for /usr/sbin/pppd, each with different settings. In /usr/lib/linuxconf/redhat/perm there are "extra" files, mail.mdkconf and ppp.mdkconf. Are these supposed to be there? Are they causing the duplicate entries? I configured the permissions on the duplicate /var/spool/mqueue and /usr/sbin/pppd entries to match. No more complaints from linuxconf. Also, regarding restarting gpm at linuxconf exit, I noticed that /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm said "pidfile: /var/run/gpmpid" but the actual file was /var/run/gpm.pid. I changed the line to read "pidfile: /var/run/gpm.pid" and linuxconf stopped trying to restart gpm whenever I tried to exit. Eric -- Eric Rahmig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] linuxconf says system not in sync
- Original Message - From: Eric Rahmig [EMAIL PROTECTED] Has anyone noticed any of the following after doing a fresh install of Mandrake 6.0? Sorry, don´t know anything to 1. 2. I'm unable to run lynx, either as root or as an ordinary user. [root@localhost ~]# lynx produces the following: metamail: Can't open temporary file! Lynx wants a /tmp directory in your Home directory. It´s because of security. Normal /tmp is world-readable and no good place to store mail or other sensible data. Just go to your home and do a mkdir tmp and everything should be okay. BTW: This is one of the facts you find in Mandrake Answers by Tom Berger (English) or on my site in German wobo -- http://people.netsurf.frankfurt.de/wobo/
Re: [expert] linuxconf says system not in sync
Make a tmp dir in your home dir to fix lynx. Dunno about the other but i have noticed same thing At 02:45 PM 8/16/99 -0500, you wrote: Hi all, Has anyone noticed any of the following after doing a fresh install of Mandrake 6.0? 1. When quitting linuxconf, it complains that the system is not in sync. It wants to change ownership of /var/spool/mqueue to root.mail, it wants to change /usr/sbin/pppd to mode 755, and it wants to restart gpm. I noticed duplicate entries in "Control" - "Control files and systems" - "Configure file permissions and ownership" for /var/spool/mqueue and for /usr/sbin/pppd, each with different settings. In /usr/lib/linuxconf/redhat/perm there are "extra" files, mail.mdkconf and ppp.mdkconf. Are these supposed to be there? Are they causing the duplicate entries? 2. I'm unable to run lynx, either as root or as an ordinary user. [root@localhost ~]# lynx produces the following: metamail: Can't open temporary file! Does anyone have any ideas about how to fix this? Thanks, Eric -- Eric Rahmig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] linuxconf says system not in sync
for lynx: mkdir ~/tmp Jo Eric Rahmig wrote: Hi all, Has anyone noticed any of the following after doing a fresh install of Mandrake 6.0? 1. When quitting linuxconf, it complains that the system is not in sync. It wants to change ownership of /var/spool/mqueue to root.mail, it wants to change /usr/sbin/pppd to mode 755, and it wants to restart gpm. I noticed duplicate entries in "Control" - "Control files and systems" - "Configure file permissions and ownership" for /var/spool/mqueue and for /usr/sbin/pppd, each with different settings. In /usr/lib/linuxconf/redhat/perm there are "extra" files, mail.mdkconf and ppp.mdkconf. Are these supposed to be there? Are they causing the duplicate entries? 2. I'm unable to run lynx, either as root or as an ordinary user. [root@localhost ~]# lynx produces the following: metamail: Can't open temporary file! Does anyone have any ideas about how to fix this? Thanks, Eric -- Eric Rahmig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
