Re: [gentoo-dev] problems with new install

Ben Lutgens wrote:
>
> Hi all, I just installed a small system from a running system using
> sys-i686-20010406.tgz
>
> I made a fs, mounted it under /mnt and untared that bad-boy from my currently
> running system, did all the steps in the install doc, did an init 1, then
> chroot to the new system. I exited chrooted env, unmounted then booted cleanly
> to gentoo.
>
> This is when the fun began ( I love this stuff )
>
> The first and formost thing I noticed was that syslog spitting out errors
> everytime the logger tries to make an entry (it can't access
> /var/log/syslog.d/ dir) so I change the perms, now it says it can't lock the
> dir. So my syslog is still broken.
>
Try "rc-update add svc-syslog" and "rc-update add sys-klog" and things
should work.

> Next I try to add a user using adduser and that application won't even run, I
> get "PAM authentication failed" I did however change roots password and am
> still able to login.
>

You must create the users homedir manual then you can login 

achim~