On Thu, 10 May 2007, John Logsdon wrote:

> Just some comments.  I have just upgraded my 4.4 box using anaconda
> (yum upgrade just updated the yum update repository then didn't do
> anything).
>
> Some comments:
>
> 1) To start with I forgot my root password so I tried linux rescue from
> the 4.4 CD.
>
> Except the kernel compiled for that assumes you are running SELinux, which
> I do not.  So when I chroot'ed to /mnt/sysimage and did a passwd, SEL
> reported that I didn't have the appropriate privilege.  Quick as a flash,
> I vi'd /etc/shadow replacing the garbage between the first to :'s with
> nothing so I could su into root without a password at all!  So much for
> protection.
>
> By definition, linux rescue will only be used by someone on site so I
> don't see why it should assume SEL is enabled.  I think it should be
> disabled.  I realise that the Upstream Vendor is married to SEL but there
> are those of us who would rather not use it at all, particularly as we
> patch the kernels with alternatives.  Would there ever be a possibility of
> SL without SEL?

Guess I have not thought about it.

>
> 2) Using anaconda from SL 5.0, the upgrade went OK but the Release Notes
> pages always returned a blank screen with some squares at the top.  I
> guess this is just an inclusion error when the installer is compiled.

You mean the releasenotes tab on the lower left?  If so it is a error that 
will be fixed shortly.

>
> 3) Once the system was rebooted, I couldn't log in via KDE.  First an
> error was reported about an eggblue file missing (I didn't have a pen to
> copy down and the RAC isn't working properly) then when I logged in, a
> message was displayed saying that I had been logged in for <10 seconds so
> there has probably been a fault. I got into the system on failsafe xterm
> and deleted the .kde directory but KDE logins still didn't work.  Should I
> have deleted anything else?  /tmp/ files???
>
> I could login using Ice and everything seemed to be OK.  I can login to
> the box remotely - it is only when I am onsite that I can't login via KDE.
>
> 4) It would be nice if the many interesting photos displayed had the
> place, date and photographer displayed perhaps with some interesting
> information.  So much nicer than the UV installation screens. But one can
> get bored out the skull waiting ...:-)))

We are planning on doing that.

-Connie Sieh

>
> Best wishes
>
> John
>
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