[OpenIndiana-discuss] Recover from user_attr corruption

Bayard Bell buffer.g.overflow at googlemail.com
Wed May 4 10:44:02 UTC 2011


Does nsswitch.conf have you sourcing user_attr from a name service other than local files? Do you have any other snapshot images of your rpool that you can boot from grub?

On 4 May 2011, at 00:21, Gary Gendel wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I installed a package that overwrote my privileges in user_attr.  Now I can't pfexec or do anythiing requiring raised privileges (software manager, etc.).  The laptop is running the dev_il repository.  How the heck to I recover from this?  The only LiveCD I know of uses an earlier version of zfs.
> 
> Thanks,
> Gary
> 
> 
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