I recently installed the qnx425patchE.tar file.
After installing I tried to login and it wouldn’t let me.
I edited the passwd file and removed the passwords thinking that the
passwords had somehow become corrupted during the installation.
I logged in and set my passwords to what they had been prior to
installation.
Rebooted and once again it would not let me login if the username has a
password.
Anyone run in to this?
Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks in Advance
Dan
There is a security patch that must be installed before Patch E. The Patch
E install should have warned you about that.
For now, maybe you can boot from a floppy and either install the security
patch or rename and rebuild your /etc/passwd and shadow files.
Bill Caroselli
“Daniel Carreira” <carreira@nir_vivo.com> wrote in message
news:9qf99a$q19$1@inn.qnx.com…
I recently installed the qnx425patchE.tar file.
After installing I tried to login and it wouldn’t let me.
I edited the passwd file and removed the passwords thinking that the
passwords had somehow become corrupted during the installation.
I logged in and set my passwords to what they had been prior to
installation.
Rebooted and once again it would not let me login if the username has a
password.Anyone run in to this?
Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks in Advance
Dan
I did have the QNX Security Patch installed, but for some reason the problem
was still there.
Based on your E-mail I figured I’d try re-installing it. So I uninstalled it
and then re-installed it off my June 2000 cd and now it seems to be working
fine. Only hitch was that my users got deleted but I only had a couple of
users per machine so it wasn’t too big a problem.
Thanks for the response.
Dan
“Bill Caroselli (Q-TPS)” <qtps@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:9qfhiq$1fo$2@inn.qnx.com…
There is a security patch that must be installed before Patch E. The
Patch
E install should have warned you about that.For now, maybe you can boot from a floppy and either install the security
patch or rename and rebuild your /etc/passwd and shadow files.Bill Caroselli
“Daniel Carreira” <carreira@nir_vivo.com> wrote in message
news:9qf99a$q19$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I recently installed the qnx425patchE.tar file.After installing I tried to login and it wouldn’t let me.
I edited the passwd file and removed the passwords thinking that the
passwords had somehow become corrupted during the installation.
I logged in and set my passwords to what they had been prior to
installation.
Rebooted and once again it would not let me login if the username has a
password.Anyone run in to this?
Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks in Advance
Dan
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I kind of agree that that security patch issues wasn’t done very gracefully.
I’ve had to go through the same things that you did.
–
Bill Caroselli – 1(530) 510-7292
Q-TPS Consulting
QTPS@EarthLink.net
“Daniel Carreira” <carreira@nir_vivo.com> wrote in message
news:9qk4ki$qkm$1@inn.qnx.com…
I did have the QNX Security Patch installed, but for some reason the
problem
was still there.Based on your E-mail I figured I’d try re-installing it. So I uninstalled
it
and then re-installed it off my June 2000 cd and now it seems to be
working
fine. Only hitch was that my users got deleted but I only had a couple of
users per machine so it wasn’t too big a problem.Thanks for the response.
Dan
My guess what happened is:
when you installed security, it changed the password encryption format,
AND the “login” program that understands this new encryption.
then you installed patch E, which restores to the old “login” that only
understands the original encyption. Of course, you can’t login now
because “login” doesn’t understand your new password (shadow).
I bet if you install the security patch again, and get the new “login”,
it will start working again.
frank
In article <9qk4ki$qkm$1@inn.qnx.com> you wrote:
I did have the QNX Security Patch installed, but for some reason the problem
was still there.Based on your E-mail I figured I’d try re-installing it. So I uninstalled it
and then re-installed it off my June 2000 cd and now it seems to be working
fine. Only hitch was that my users got deleted but I only had a couple of
users per machine so it wasn’t too big a problem.Thanks for the response.
Dan
“Bill Caroselli (Q-TPS)” <> qtps@earthlink.net> > wrote in message
news:9qfhiq$1fo$> 2@inn.qnx.com> …
There is a security patch that must be installed before Patch E. The
Patch
E install should have warned you about that.For now, maybe you can boot from a floppy and either install the security
patch or rename and rebuild your /etc/passwd and shadow files.Bill Caroselli
“Daniel Carreira” <carreira@nir_vivo.com> wrote in message
news:9qf99a$q19$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I recently installed the qnx425patchE.tar file.After installing I tried to login and it wouldn’t let me.
I edited the passwd file and removed the passwords thinking that the
passwords had somehow become corrupted during the installation.
I logged in and set my passwords to what they had been prior to
installation.
Rebooted and once again it would not let me login if the username has a
password.Anyone run in to this?
Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks in Advance
Dan
I hope you meant that your user accounts were deleted. Having your
users deleted is quite serious 
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Carreira [mailto:carreira@nir_vivo.com]
Posted At: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 7:33 AM
Posted To: qnx4
Conversation: Patch E login problem.
Subject: Re: Patch E login problem.
I did have the QNX Security Patch installed, but for some reason the
problem
was still there.
Based on your E-mail I figured I’d try re-installing it. So I
uninstalled it
and then re-installed it off my June 2000 cd and now it seems to be
working
fine. Only hitch was that my users got deleted but I only had a couple
of
users per machine so it wasn’t too big a problem.
Thanks for the response.
Dan
“Bill Caroselli (Q-TPS)” <qtps@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:9qfhiq$1fo$2@inn.qnx.com…
There is a security patch that must be installed before Patch E. The
Patch
E install should have warned you about that.For now, maybe you can boot from a floppy and either install the
security
patch or rename and rebuild your /etc/passwd and shadow files.Bill Caroselli
“Daniel Carreira” <carreira@nir_vivo.com> wrote in message
news:9qf99a$q19$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I recently installed the qnx425patchE.tar file.After installing I tried to login and it wouldn’t let me.
I edited the passwd file and removed the passwords thinking that the
passwords had somehow become corrupted during the installation.
I logged in and set my passwords to what they had been prior to
installation.
Rebooted and once again it would not let me login if the username
has a
password.Anyone run in to this?
Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks in Advance
Dan
\
Good one Rennie. That hit my funny bone just right. I couldn’t breath for
about two minutes I was laughing so hard.
“Has anyone seen Jack? I was standing here talking to him and all of a
sudden he was deleted.”
–
Bill Caroselli – 1(530) 510-7292
Q-TPS Consulting
QTPS@EarthLink.net
“Rennie Allen” <RAllen@csical.com> wrote in message
news:64F00D816A85D51198390050046F80C9011968@exchangecal.hq.csical.com…
I hope you meant that your user accounts were deleted. Having your
users deleted is quite serious >
ha ha!! Nice one.
My mistake… their accounts were deleted.
Dan
“Rennie Allen” <RAllen@csical.com> wrote in message
news:64F00D816A85D51198390050046F80C9011968@exchangecal.hq.csical.com…
I hope you meant that your user accounts were deleted. Having your
users deleted is quite serious >-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Carreira [mailto:carreira@nir_vivo.com]
Posted At: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 7:33 AM
Posted To: qnx4
Conversation: Patch E login problem.
Subject: Re: Patch E login problem.
I did have the QNX Security Patch installed, but for some reason the
problem
was still there.Based on your E-mail I figured I’d try re-installing it. So I
uninstalled it
and then re-installed it off my June 2000 cd and now it seems to be
working
fine. Only hitch was that my users got deleted but I only had a couple
of
users per machine so it wasn’t too big a problem.Thanks for the response.
Dan
“Bill Caroselli (Q-TPS)” <> qtps@earthlink.net> > wrote in message
news:9qfhiq$1fo$> 2@inn.qnx.com> …
There is a security patch that must be installed before Patch E. The
Patch
E install should have warned you about that.For now, maybe you can boot from a floppy and either install the
security
patch or rename and rebuild your /etc/passwd and shadow files.Bill Caroselli
“Daniel Carreira” <carreira@nir_vivo.com> wrote in message
news:9qf99a$q19$> 1@inn.qnx.com> …
I recently installed the qnx425patchE.tar file.After installing I tried to login and it wouldn’t let me.
I edited the passwd file and removed the passwords thinking that the
passwords had somehow become corrupted during the installation.
I logged in and set my passwords to what they had been prior to
installation.
Rebooted and once again it would not let me login if the username
has a
password.Anyone run in to this?
Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks in Advance
Dan
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