Help Loggin Suse And Other Questions

[naitro]

Hi,

I have a very big problem. I need help in some ways, i am very stressed with all these situations.

Firs, i have an IBM server with a Suse 9.0 ( i think, because only show Suse 9 ), that have a SAP Server. A client request me to install a FTP and Samba access, and i want to install it with Yast. I am using 32 and 64 bit packages.

I am a expert Administrator of Debian, i use always Debian, and i move on it perfectly. For some reasons that i don´t know, when i use the last time Yast for install these packages ( for me, Yast is not good ), i have broken a lot of things of my suse:

- First. I can´t login into my Suse. I can´t from tty and from Graphical. I have lucky that i have an opened graphical session, that permits me to work.

This problem is hard. When i enter the user root ( for example ), directly the tty tells me: Login Invalid. They no tell me the password never. I think is a PAM problem? Kerberos problem? Also, i have another problem, that i can´t access remotely from SSH. When i use Putty, and i enter user root, for example, the server tell me: " No autentication methods are available ".

- Second. Yast don´t run. I think i have corrupt Perl, or another librareis. And error with p2ylang.so it show me. Like yast don´t run, i can´t update the distribution or i can´t know what packages i have corrupt. I have worked two days trying to install apt4rpm or apt, but it´s no possible. A lot of dependecies of packages.

This is my situation, a hard situation for me . I don´t know Suse, beacause i habitually don´t work with it, and i need help with this. Primary with the logon and SSH access, and then with the yast .. and other things.

How i can do ?

Has Suse 9 some option to reinstall saving the actual status.. .like a Windows Reparation?

How i can do ?

A lot of thx

[SuSEholic]

I had a same problem with u, but I just wipe out the installation, and start a fresh one, since there's no data yet.

Some folks said (I forgot where I read that), there's workaround, by inserting your SuSE installation CD, and choose upgrade, it'll automatically repairs your corrupt installation. But I haven't tried that.

Maybe u can try?

[naitro]

Hi.

Thx for your suggestion.

I can probe it , but i Only CAN probe it if i were sure that the system will be the same that now.

For example, programs, sap, configurations don´t will be modified .. If i am sure whit this , i will probe it .

Have you some document or forum that tells about this ?

Regards and THX

[SuSEholic]

I don't know about the system settings for SAP (I never use SAP), but for PAM and Kerberos, it'll stays the same, since it only re-installing some broken packages.

Here's some link from google:
- http://www.howtoforge.com/sap_netweaver_2004_suse_9.3
- http://www50.sap.com/linux/platforms/index.asp (see the "Related SAP notes" at the bottom of page)