Patch A

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I need to manually install this patch on my labtop because i’ve no internet
connection.
I’ve all the files in the pkgs/archive directory of my home computer.

Is there a way to do that ?

2

Well, I am not sure if this will help you or not…

I downloaded the new entire .iso file, and burned it onto a CD (I have
Windows Internet access, but not QNX access - because I have to go through a
firewall)
I then booted up into QNX RtP and went into the package manager.
I then put the new CD in the CD drive, and then pointed Package Manager to
the CD Repository
Then I simply selected everything to install.
It appears to have completely updated me to QNX6 without losing any of my
data files, or even passwords and userids.
(Be a little careful about which files you replace when it prompts you near
the end - approx 15 files or so)


Cyril BERNARDI <cbernardi@free.fr> wrote in message
news:94i9a4$8q$1@inn.qnx.com…

I need to manually install this patch on my labtop because i’ve no
internet
connection.
I’ve all the files in the pkgs/archive directory of my home computer.

Is there a way to do that ?

3

Thanks but the iso image is pretty big for my poor modem

Another solution ?

Steve Munnings, Corman Technologies <steve@cormantech.com> a écrit dans le
message : 94k33s$4t2$1@inn.qnx.com…

Well, I am not sure if this will help you or not…

I downloaded the new entire .iso file, and burned it onto a CD (I have
Windows Internet access, but not QNX access - because I have to go through
a
firewall)
I then booted up into QNX RtP and went into the package manager.
I then put the new CD in the CD drive, and then pointed Package Manager to
the CD Repository
Then I simply selected everything to install.
It appears to have completely updated me to QNX6 without losing any of my
data files, or even passwords and userids.
(Be a little careful about which files you replace when it prompts you
near
the end - approx 15 files or so)


Cyril BERNARDI <> cbernardi@free.fr> > wrote in message
news:94i9a4$8q$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I need to manually install this patch on my labtop because i’ve no
internet
connection.
I’ve all the files in the pkgs/archive directory of my home computer.

Is there a way to do that ?

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4

DOesn’t the Package Manager allow you to gracefully UnInstall versions of
software?

That’s what it’s there for, I thought.

If I’m wrong, someone at QSSL please correct me.


Cyril BERNARDI <cbernardi@free.fr> wrote in message
news:94k49o$5i5$1@inn.qnx.com…

Thanks but the iso image is pretty big for my poor modem

Another solution ?

Steve Munnings, Corman Technologies <> steve@cormantech.com> > a écrit dans le
message : 94k33s$4t2$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Well, I am not sure if this will help you or not…

I downloaded the new entire .iso file, and burned it onto a CD (I have
Windows Internet access, but not QNX access - because I have to go
through
a
firewall)
I then booted up into QNX RtP and went into the package manager.
I then put the new CD in the CD drive, and then pointed Package Manager
to
the CD Repository
Then I simply selected everything to install.
It appears to have completely updated me to QNX6 without losing any of
my
data files, or even passwords and userids.
(Be a little careful about which files you replace when it prompts you
near
the end - approx 15 files or so)


Cyril BERNARDI <> cbernardi@free.fr> > wrote in message
news:94i9a4$8q$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I need to manually install this patch on my labtop because i’ve no
internet
connection.
I’ve all the files in the pkgs/archive directory of my home computer.

Is there a way to do that ?



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5

Yes but i want to install the patch !

So what’s about uninstall ?

Bill at Sierra Design <BC@SierraDesign.com> a écrit dans le message :
94kan7$9ck$1@inn.qnx.com…

DOesn’t the Package Manager allow you to gracefully UnInstall versions of
software?

That’s what it’s there for, I thought.

If I’m wrong, someone at QSSL please correct me.


Cyril BERNARDI <> cbernardi@free.fr> > wrote in message
news:94k49o$5i5$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Thanks but the iso image is pretty big for my poor modem

Another solution ?

Steve Munnings, Corman Technologies <> steve@cormantech.com> > a écrit dans
le
message : 94k33s$4t2$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
Well, I am not sure if this will help you or not…

I downloaded the new entire .iso file, and burned it onto a CD (I have
Windows Internet access, but not QNX access - because I have to go
through
a
firewall)
I then booted up into QNX RtP and went into the package manager.
I then put the new CD in the CD drive, and then pointed Package
Manager
to
the CD Repository
Then I simply selected everything to install.
It appears to have completely updated me to QNX6 without losing any of
my
data files, or even passwords and userids.
(Be a little careful about which files you replace when it prompts you
near
the end - approx 15 files or so)


Cyril BERNARDI <> cbernardi@free.fr> > wrote in message
news:94i9a4$8q$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I need to manually install this patch on my labtop because i’ve no
internet
connection.
I’ve all the files in the pkgs/archive directory of my home
computer.

Is there a way to do that ?





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6

try the passwd comand :
passwd user change password
passwd newuser add an user and ask informations.
To delete existing user, you must edit the /etc/passwd file by hand. The * in second position mean that a password is set, delete it and the user have no password.

Hope it helps.

“Steve Munnings, Corman Technologies” wrote:

(Be a little careful about which files you replace when it prompts you near
the end - approx 15 files or so)


I noticed - I can’t login on my ‘user’-account anymore, only as ‘root’.
Is it possible as ‘root’ to set a new password for the ‘user’-accounts,
and even make new users? How do I do that?

Thanks,
Eigil

7

My user account was gone too after installing patch A.
Trying add the user with the passwd command gives me a “cannot create
password entry”
Markus


“Cyril BERNARDI” <cbernardi@free.fr> wrote in message
news:yomc6.619$ev6.1616001@nnrp1.proxad.net…

try the passwd comand :
passwd user change password
passwd newuser add an user and ask informations.
To delete existing user, you must edit the /etc/passwd file by hand. The *
in second position mean that a password is set, delete it and the user have

no password.

Hope it helps.

“Steve Munnings, Corman Technologies” wrote:

(Be a little careful about which files you replace when it prompts you
near
the end - approx 15 files or so)


I noticed - I can’t login on my ‘user’-account anymore, only as ‘root’.
Is it possible as ‘root’ to set a new password for the ‘user’-accounts,
and even make new users? How do I do that?

Thanks,
Eigil

8

What if you try to create new account ?

If it works, delete the user entry in the /etc/passwd file.

Markus Loffler <loffler@ces.clemson.edu> a écrit dans le message :
94vsor$e4f$1@inn.qnx.com…

My user account was gone too after installing patch A.
Trying add the user with the passwd command gives me a “cannot create
password entry”
Markus


“Cyril BERNARDI” <> cbernardi@free.fr> > wrote in message
news:yomc6.619$> ev6.1616001@nnrp1.proxad.net> …
try the passwd comand :
passwd user change password
passwd newuser add an user and ask informations.
To delete existing user, you must edit the /etc/passwd file by hand. The
*
in second position mean that a password is set, delete it and the user
have
no password.

Hope it helps.

“Steve Munnings, Corman Technologies” wrote:

(Be a little careful about which files you replace when it prompts
you
near
the end - approx 15 files or so)


I noticed - I can’t login on my ‘user’-account anymore, only as ‘root’.
Is it possible as ‘root’ to set a new password for the ‘user’-accounts,
and even make new users? How do I do that?

Thanks,
Eigil

9

In article <3A6FE77A.E84BA4BE@pd.politiet.no>,
Eigil Hysvær <eigil.hysvaer@pd.politiet.no> wrote:

I noticed - I can’t login on my ‘user’-account anymore, only as ‘root’.
Is it possible as ‘root’ to set a new password for the ‘user’-accounts,
and even make new users? How do I do that?

That happened to me because I had changed root’s umask to something a
little more restrictive (067) and when patch A installed all the system
files inherited root’s umask - making /bin/sh rwx–x— - which caused
all the users to not be able to log in.

Once I put root’s umask back to 002 and re-did the upgrade, everything
was okay. (Though of course I said “keep my version” to all the spilled
files.)

Dana

Dana Echtner \ Real-Time Systems Administrator
dana@alcor.concordia.ca / ECE, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

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