Category Archives: Answers

Q: Why do I get ‘Undefined symbol “_openpam_debug” referenced from COPY relocation in su’ in NetBSD?

Posted on January 16, 2007 by jeff

A: This appears most commonly seen after an upgrade from NetBSD 2.2 to 3.0. This is caused by additional copies of libpam being installed, most likely in /usr/pkg/lib via pkgsrc. You can first check this by simply $ ls /usr/pkg/lib/libpam* … Continue reading →

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Q: Why do I get “read text: Unknown error: code 60 failed(60)” when trying to PXE boot OpenBSD?

Posted on January 16, 2007 by jeff

A: You will need to add the following option to /etc/dhcpd.conf on your DHCP server. next-server 10.0.0.5;   The next-server address should refer to your tftp server.

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Q: How do I update the locate database (updatedb) in *BSD?

Posted on January 16, 2007 by jeff

A: In the BSDs this command is /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb .

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