[mythtv-users] OT: SATA errors

Matt Mossholder matt at mossholder.com
Thu Jul 9 13:26:37 UTC 2009


On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:

> On Thursday 09 July 2009 07:07:30 Harry Devine wrote:
> > Matt Mossholder wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Glenn Harris
> > > <gharris+list+mythtv at eklo.com <gharris%2Blist%2Bmythtv at eklo.com>
> > > <mailto:gharris%2Blist%2Bmythtv at eklo.com<gharris%252Blist%252Bmythtv at eklo.com>>>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >     If you're going to be doing a lot of things as 'root', you can
> > >     just use:
> > >
> > >     sudo su -
> > >
> > >     That will prompt you for your normal sudo password, and give you a
> > >     full root shell.  Still no password for root, and all your commands
> > >     still get logged.
> > >     Everyone is happy.
> > >
> > >     Be careful still applies.
> > >
> > >     Good luck!
> > >     --Glenn
> > >
> > >
> > > Ack! No!  :)
> > >
> > > This is the correct method to get a root shell using sudo:
> > >
> > > sudo -i
> > >
> > >      --Matt
> > >
> > >
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> > I was able to get fsck to work from the LiveCD using sudo and didn't
> > have to go this route.  I'm going to try the power supply route first,
> > and maybe put the OS hard drive into another machine and see if I can
> > see it.
> >
> > The weird thing with my SATA issue is that when it boots and I get all
> > of those errors, I get dropped to a tty session and I'm prompted for my
> > login.  Nothing is accepted.  I've tried my user name with the correct
> > password, my user name with no password, root with the correct password,
> > and root with no password.  All fail with "incorrect login".  So I can't
> > even do any maintenance checks on the box right now.  It makes me think
> > that the HD is spanked since the OS has no clue that any users even
> exist.
>
> IIRC I would get a "give root password for maintenance" message. Since
> there
> is no root password, this might be a problem. Perhaps a flaw in the Ubuntu
> way of doing things.
>

<snip>


> --
> Brian Wood
> beww at beww.org
>
>
Ubuntu uses a patched sulogin for system maintenance to get around that
issue. If you can't log in, it may indicate that the /etc/passwd or
/etc/group file was damaged.

     --Matt
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