Re: [cobalt-users] Qube3 No web access

[Tim Dunn <tdunn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> After loading the OS 6.2 pkg we no longer have web access to a Qube3.

One of the possible culprits is updating your PHP from pkgmaster, or
so I've been told.  (The supposed reason is that Cobalt.. er, Sun does
not test their packages with third party ones, so they don't test the
6.2 for compatibility with the pkgmaster.com PHP package.)

You are now about to embark on the wonderful world of command line.
Here's hoping you installed ssh (or at least turned on your Qube's
telnet access.)

Get a root shell on the Qube.  If you're going via telnet, login in
as 'admin', then "su -" to root with the admin password.  Make a
directory in /root, let's call it ~/upgrades

Start downloading packages via wget from this page (use lynx to view):

	http://sunsolve.sun.com/patches/cobalt/qube3.eng.html

Make sure to load them FROM THE BOTTOM UP.  (Another good way to 
wedge that box.)

To load an update:
1) back up package
        cp Foo.pkg Foo.pkg.bak

2) /usr/sausalito/sbin/pkg_prepare.pl -i -f Foo.pkg

Note that for some reason or another, the second step DELETES the
file.  Not a problem if you're just maintaining a box, but it sort 
of sucks if you plan to update more than one, or want to burn them
to CD so you don't have to do this download step again.

Hope this helps.

tim

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