>> >> On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 14:46 -0800, Alan wrote: >>> > >>> > Have you tried yum-complete-transaction? >>> > If not do this: >>> > >>> > yum install yum-utils >>> > >>> > >>> > yum-complete-transaction >>> > >>> > it should clean up your aborted transactions. >>> >>> Oh crap did that screw things up. It deleted about a dozen packages. >>> Now >>> whenever i try and log in I get "unable to authenticate" for EVERY user >>> (including root) on the box. >> >> boot it up in single user mode and see if you can get in and/or booting >> with init=/bin/sh > > I can get it to boot. Now I need to figure out what it deleted. > > I may have to work on it tonight since I only have wireless access at > work. > >> It should have removed those packages, if the transaction was where you >> claim then those were just extras left hanging around. > > Since this has happened more than once, it may have gotten something else. > > install.log does not list what got deleted. I will search for a yum log. > >> Then again there are lots of cases where simply finishing out the >> removal portion of the transaction isn't enough. > > I guess so. More info... I found the yum.log. (Named /var/log/yum.log.) It listed that "pam" was one of the packages erased. I ran "rpm -V pam" to see what was missing. Just every file used by pam. The database lists pam installed for i386 and x86_64. I guess I get to grab those packages and force a reinstall. At least I know what is screwed up again. I think that program needs some work... -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
