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  1. #1
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    CenOS 3.1, yum update = "conflict between glibc and shadow-utils"

    Hey all... I've spent about 3 days now beating Google half to death, and I can't seem to find a thing about this. I'm hoping someone around here can help.

    System specs are CentOS 3.1, cpanel/WHM, clientexec


    the suggestions I've been given have been to just remove shadow-utils, but I have no idea if cpanel and/or clientexec would need it. Searches on the respective forums come up blank.

    If anyone's had this problem, I'd *really* appreciate it if you could share your fix!

    Thanks!

    -B

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    What is the exec error. and what all is it trying to install.
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  3. #3
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    I'm actually not even trying to install anything, just update the package list. Please see below:

    root@(edited) [~]# yum update
    Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
    Server: CentOS-3.1 - Addons
    Server: CentOS-3.1 - Base
    Server: CentOS-3.1 - Extras
    Server: CentOS-3.1 - Updates
    Finding updated packages
    Downloading needed headers
    Resolving dependencies
    .conflict between glibc and shadow-utils
    root@(edited) [~]#

    any more questions, ask and I'll provide whatever I can

    Thanks!

    -B

  4. #4
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    What do you get when you issue the following:
    rpm -qa | grep shadow-utils
    and
    rpm -qa | grep glibc

    Have you rebuilt your rpm database? If not, it might be wise to do so, also flush your yum rpm headers and remove old packages:
    yum clean all

    Have you been using packages from another source for another OS? Also, check your yum.conf and make sure you aren't using the main mirror.caosity.org ( or .centos.org ) as this may be causing problems. I believe ( from the mailing list ) that they have stopped all public access to that server, but for official mirrors.

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    [/etc]# rpm -qa | grep shadow-utils
    shadow-utils-4.0.3-20
    shadow-utils-4.0.3-15


    [/etc]# rpm -qa | grep glibc
    glibc-common-2.3.2-95.6
    glibc-kernheaders-2.4-8.34
    glibc-devel-2.3.2-95.20
    glibc-2.3.2-95.6
    glibc-headers-2.3.2-95.20


    rebuilt the db, did yum clean all

    yum.conf *does* use the main mirror:
    [base]
    name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
    baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/

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    Any perticular reason you have shadow-utils-4.0.3-15 ? Perhaps rpm -e shadow-utils-4.0.3-15 then try yum again ( with a different mirror ).

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    I haven't a clue, as this was the base install by my server host.

    I'll remove it, and find a mirror, give it another shot, and post the results.

    Thanks for the help!!

    -B

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    that did it!

    Thanks a helluva lot for the help bud... I owe you a beer ;-)

    -B

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