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Post by ninja » Mon Nov 11, 2002 11:34 pm

hi i did an emerge --update system last night then when i logged in this morroning i got these error messages as soon a i typed the user name

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configuration error -unknown item 'CONSOLE' (notify administrator)
configuration error -unknown item 'DIALUP_CHECKS_ENB' (notify administrator)
configuration error -unknown item 'ENV_HZ' (notify administrator)
configuration error -unknown item 'ERASECHAR' (notify administrator)
configuration error -unknown item 'KILLCHAR' (notify administrator)
configuration error -unknown item 'LOG_OK_LOGINS' (notify administrator)
configuration error -unknown item 'MAIL_CHECK_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error -unknown item 'MAIL_DIR' (notify administrator)
configuration error -unknown item 'NOLOGINS_FILE' (notify administrator)
configuration error -unknown item 'PORTTIME_CHECKS_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error -unknown item 'QUOTAS_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error -unknown item 'SU_NAME' (notify administrator)
configuration error -unknown item 'SU_WHEEL_ONLY' (notify administrator)
configuration error -unknown item 'SYSLOG_SG_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error -unknown item 'SYSLOG_SU_ENAB' (notify administrator)
I'm pretty sure these are variables in a config file my question is which file/s and what would be good values? I'm running a very basic system at the moment i haven't emerged to much just fluxbox and opera really.
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Post by masseya » Tue Nov 12, 2002 4:52 am

This happened after you typed the user name and before you got a password prompt?

If you actually, got a password prompt and logged in then this is probably exactly what you said - an error in one of your configuration files. You can probably just grep for the variables on all the files in your configuration directories to try and find the offending script. That would help in figuring out how it happened.

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bash $ grep -l "VARIABLE" *
while in /etc or some other configuration directory.
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Post by rac » Tue Nov 12, 2002 5:20 am

I've seen this one before. See problems with a fresh G1.2 install.
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Post by Ethernal » Tue Nov 12, 2002 8:25 am

I got that error when I opened a new tty, but only once. Never had it again
Hmm.. Of course, these are MY opinions - likely to be just as flawed as anyone else's. Um, really, I guess you should assume everyone's speaking out of some external influence. Believe in whatever makes sense to you.
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