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Old 11-04-2012, 08:23 PM   #22
twobob
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EDIT: REMEMBER TO RUN:

/var/lib/dpkg/info/dash.preinst install

AND

dpkg --configure -a

apt-get install dialog locales

dpkg-reconfigure locales



TO PREVENT THE ISSUES OUTLINED HERE!
Spoiler:

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hmm adduser is unhappy.

I have no name!@kindle:/# groups
Quote:
groups: cannot find name for group ID 0
0
I have no name!@kindle:/# groupadd users
Quote:
groupadd: cannot open /etc/group
adduser: `/etc/adduser.conf' does not exist. Using defaults.
adduser: The GID 65534 does not exist.
I have no name!@kindle:/etc# touch /etc/group

I have no name!@kindle:/etc# adduser me
Quote:
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8",
LANG = "en_US.UTF-8"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
adduser: `/etc/adduser.conf' does not exist. Using defaults.
Adding user `me' ...
Adding new group `me' (1001) ...
Adding new user `me' (1000) with group `me' ...
useradd: cannot open /etc/passwd
I have no name!@kindle:/etc# touch /etc/passwd
I have no name!@kindle:/etc# /usr/sbin/useradd -d /home/me -g me -s /bin/bash -u 1000 me

I have no name!@kindle:/etc# login
Quote:
login: PAM Failure, aborting: Critical error - immediate abort
errr.... I'll google it

I have no name!@kindle:/etc# ldd /bin/login | grep libpam.so
Quote:
/bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8)
libpam.so.0 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabi/libpam.so.0 (0x40002000)
hmm well I read http://content.hccfl.edu/pollock/AUnix2/PAM-Help.htm and am still non the wiser. I'll come back to it tomorrow now I think.

Last edited by twobob; 11-21-2012 at 10:14 PM.
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