On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 15:15 -0800, Alan wrote: > > > > 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. yum logs to /var/log/yum.log and /var/log/messages (normal syslog) look there -sv -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
