I found this but havent done it yet

Is this safe to do on a linode

"emerge -C pam-login && emerge -1 shadow"

or is this a better solution also from the same post

"emerge –buildpkgonly --nodeps shadow && emerge -C pam-login && emerge --usepkgonly shadow"

found in the following post

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-31 … ml#3178419">http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-3178419.html#3178419

Im not sure what the difference would be can someone explain?

this still wouldnt resolve the dhcpdcp block though

So I decided to give it a shot after reading up a bit!!!

emerge -C pam-login && emerge -1 shadow

it worked like a charm just remember to etc-update

Also restart sshd

/etc/init.d/sshd restart

now on to the dhcpcd problem

so I felt gutsy and tried the same with the other block and well of course it didn't work below is my output.

• The Gentoo Linux system initialization scripts have detected that

• your system does not support UDEV. Since Gentoo Linux has been

• designed with dynamic /dev in mind, it is highly suggested that you

• emerge sys-fs/udev and configure your system to use it.

• Please read the Gentoo Handbook for more information!

• http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/

• Thanks for using Gentoo! :)

(hit Enter to continue or wait 15 seconds …)

• Skipping root filesystem check (fstab's passno == 0) … [ ok ]

• Remounting root filesystem read/write … [ ok ]

• Checking all filesystems … [ ok ]

• Mounting local filesystems … [ ok ]

• Mounting misc binary format filesystem … [ ok ]

• Activating (possible) swap …swapon: cannot stat /dev/ubd/1: No such file or

directory

[ !! ]

• Setting system clock using the hardware clock [UML] … [ ok ]

• Configuring kernel parameters … [ ok ]

• Updating environment … [ ok ]

• Cleaning /var/lock, /var/run … [ ok ]

• Cleaning /tmp directory … [ ok ]

• You should stop using /etc/hostname and use /etc/conf.d/hostname

• Setting hostname to … [ ok ]

• Loading key mappings … [ ok ]

• Setting user font … [ ok ]

• Starting lo

• Bringing up lo

• 127.0.0.1/8

[ ok ]

• Adding routes

• 127.0.0.0/8 … [ ok ]

• Initializing random number generator … [ ok ]

INIT: Entering runlevel: 3

• sysklogd -> start: syslogd … [ ok ]

• sysklogd -> start: klogd … [ ok ]

• Starting eth0

• You are using a deprecated configuration syntax for eth0

• You are advised to read /etc/conf.d/net.example and upgrade it accordingly

• Bringing up eth0

• dhcp

• No DHCP client installed

[ !! ]

• ERROR: cannot start netmount as net.eth0 could not start

• ERROR: cannot start sshd as net.eth0 could not start

• Starting local … [ ok ]

INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel

@fifo:

 * Starting eth0
* You are using a deprecated configuration syntax for eth0
* You are advised to read /etc/conf.d/net.example and upgrade it accordingly
* Bringing up eth0
* dhcp
* No DHCP client installed
[ !! ]
* ERROR: cannot start netmount as net.eth0 could not start
* ERROR: cannot start sshd as net.eth0 could not start 
...

Your emerge got rid of dhcpd (and the dhcp client), so broke your Gentoo/Linode.

A workaround – until you manage to get dhcpd installed again -- is to add your Linode's IP/gateway addresses to the net.eth0 config file.

Your Linode IP/Gateway addresses are given at: https://www.linode.com/members/netinfo.cfm

For info on how to configure net devices under Gentoo, see:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h … t=4&chap=1">http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=4&chap=1

You'll need the following in the file /etc/init.d/net.eth0:

config_eth0=( "<your linode="" ip="" address="">/32" )
routes_eth0=( "default via <gateway address="">" )</gateway></your> 

Then reboot your Linode.

Regards,

Cliff

Cliff,

Thanks for the reply. I am currently setting up my linode again but havent gotten to this step just yet. Is it wise to do that emerge the way I did? Should I just reemerge dhcpcd when the emerge -C dhcpcd && emerge -1 shadow is done and do my etc-update?

Hi,

If your Linode has no configured network device (implied by the eth0 snippet you posted), you'll need to do the net.eth0 part first. And then run /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start (I guess).

[blocks B ] 

When you have network access again, emerge -uv dhcpcd. The latest package seems to be compatible with baselayout so you shouldn't have any trouble installing it ( http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=dhcpcd ).

[blocks B ] sys-apps/pam-login (is blocking sys-apps/shadow-4.0.18.1) 

It looks as if pam-login has been deprecated – it is no longer in portage: http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=pam-login

emerge -C pam-login && emerge -1 shadow 

I guess 'shadow' will replace the functionality of pam-login and therefore, as others have suggested it is safe to do the above.

Good luck,

Cliff

(Debian User :)

Awesome that clears things up. Really appreciate your help. I will let you know how it goes!!! Thanks again!

Ok so heres what I did…

emerge -c dhcpcd && emerge -1 shadow

etc-update

emerge -dhcpcd

etc-update

rm /etc/init.d/net.etho

cd /etc/init.d

ln -s net.lo net.eth0

This is what killed me that was not correct because I was using the old configuration style

edit /etc/conf.d/net

uncomment the following line

config_eth0=( "dhcp" )

/etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart

rc-update add net.eth0 default

and bam it worked!!!!

Thanks for all your help. Really appreciate it!!!