Possible "chage" command corrupted after linux build..how do i reinstall?
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Possible "chage" command corrupted after linux build..how do i reinstall?
After doing an install using Redhat 5.6 which a kickstart, it seems the "chage" command is not working properly like it should. I assume it somehow got corrupted during the build and I want to reinstall it through whatever rpm package it came from. Does anyone know what the command would be to find which rpm package it came from?
The rpm -qf on a file shows you which rpm it came from. The $(which chage) finds the full path for chage and that is what you are running the rpm -qf on.
By the way it comes from shadow-utils package.
If your system is registered on RedHat Network (RHN) you can run "yum list shadow-utils" to see the installed package and see if there are any newer ones. If there is a newer one you can run "yum update shadow-utils" to update to it.
Last edited by MensaWater; 05-24-2011 at 09:21 AM.
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