From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 10 08:21:34 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B27F31BE for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:21:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sc3app27.rit.edu (sc3app27.rit.edu [129.21.35.56]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7A71B1007 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:21:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-f182.google.com (mail-qc0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by smtp-server.rit.edu (PMDF V6.3-x14 #31420) with ESMTPS id <0MXL00LL60JW2P@smtp-server.rit.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 03:21:33 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-qc0-f182.google.com with SMTP id e16so3698234qcx.27 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:21:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.191.195 with HTTP; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:21:32 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.224.16.80 with SMTP id n16mr42290583qaa.42.1386663692303; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:21:32 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.224.16.80 with SMTP id n16mr42290574qaa.42.1386663692208; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:21:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:21:32 -0800 From: "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" Subject: Re: Base System Rebuild In-reply-to: <20131210161620.667c1591@X220.alogt.com> Sender: ewh2048@rit.edu To: Erich Dollansky Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-RIT-Received-From: 209.85.216.182 X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=3ppoDAKnldDEQy3XVYXdqqcAkvMIwbBP1JP47HU9s4E=; b=DBWtRbg3KY8wpS4TygvcVDZqqMfvi89pPPUCDoUrMkZRhSPpI6z1MtapwVS8b/iZ9S CIfm6bmPbhw3e/JY0H3KeLqZETICQELlZkAL2Pa+ozI4QPz9yQCstUSPfGxebnGJP94S cPvgjEwgvBAE8jl5zqF7YBK9gPWl7dSq0mTX7FhtKmtFWiH4EFkqn1/TvMx+iCEghWWh /GRvPGIxDpSN5Q9DwNltweFD66LsmegeIPcjN3gVuF9m3evorxl9VwEDkDGwSUt8e/S0 ed3yjgdsDv/2RfU9NmpwKIs+C8eUl3+nZMiGbZi/tVDX83Zc+pPzi99Oh8i8VKL+urao ESNQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQn8zmuw1bguMd6LDBruiExruaXbwW8whZZU9nt8bCkTmA6VeqqNYV96S05Zqlx+lIVgH1D7BeTewV2d/cLsyN4lhk0X0plkJEMBH+vapjY1txGOpAamkJEsyQS9NmdD8N0GS5hVNYGScXr/5cWn8iL3wLhiNYvJCjriTVy29ttfij+uidY= X-Google-Sender-Auth: MhzFeERrV5MBYD9sqf4qpN7RtQQ References: <20131210161620.667c1591@X220.alogt.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:21:34 -0000 I have a working root shell. sshd still seems to work fine, for now atleast. Ethan House On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Erich Dollansky < erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 09 Dec 2013 23:57:53 -0800 > Ethan House wrote: > > > I inherited a FreeBSD 9.2 machine in pretty bad shape. The base system > > seems to be all out of whack with missing libraries all over the > > place. A reinstall of the OS is not an option as I am many states > > away from the box in question. Having no idea what caused this what > > is the best way to fix this? > > how can you connect to the machine? > > If you have any chance to copy files to it as root, I would build a > 9.2-system on a machine at hand and then copy the files to the affected > machine until a normal log-in is possible. > > It should then be possible to download the 9.2 sources and compile a > new system locally. > > Erich >