I am very new to Linux and am having difficulty with a newly imaged Linux box. Any direction on where to start would be greatly appreciated.

I am getting the error below when attempting to run the software updater:

Component: pirut
Summary: TB56c41384 missingexit.py:5:?:ImportError: No module named i18n

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 617, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 609, in main
    pup = PackageUpdater(not options.autoapply, options.config)
  File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 84, in __init__
    GraphicalYumBase.__init__(self, False, config)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 137, in __init__
    plugin_types=(yum.plugins.TYPE_CORE,))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 118, in doConfigSetup
    errorlevel=errorlevel)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 162, in _getConfig
    startupconf.pluginconfpath,disabled_plugins)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 314, in doPluginSetup
    plugin_types, confpath, disabled_plugins)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 145, in __init__
    self._importplugins(types)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 186, in _importplugins
    self._loadplugin(modulefile, types)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 203, in _loadplugin
    module = imp.load_module(modname, fp, pathname, description)
  File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/missingexit.py", line 5, in ?
    from i18n import _
ImportError: No module named i18n

Local variables in innermost frame:
__builtins__: {'IndexError': <class exceptions.IndexError at 0xb7ebf8fc>, 'help': Type help() for interactive help, or help(object) for help about object., 'vars': <built-in function vars>, 'SyntaxError': <class exceptions.SyntaxError at 0xb7ebf77c>, 'unicode': <type 'unicode'>, 'UnicodeDecodeError': <class exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError at 0xb7ebfcbc>, 'isinstance': <built-in function isinstance>, 'copyright': Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation.
All Rights Reserved.

Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.
All Rights Reserved.

Copyright (c) 1995-2001 Corporation for National Research Initiatives.
All Rights Reserved.

Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam.
All Rights Reserved., 'NameError': <class exceptions.NameError at 0xb7ebf65c>, 'dict': <type 'dict'>, 'input': <built-in function input>, 'oct': <built-in function oct>, 'SystemExit': <class exceptions.SystemExit at 0xb7ebf32c>, 'StandardError': <class exceptions.StandardError at 0xb7ebf2cc>, 'repr': <built-in function repr>, 'sorted': <built-in function sorted>, 'False': False, 'RuntimeWarning': <class exceptions.RuntimeWarning at 0xb7ebffbc>, 'list': <type 'list'>, 'iter': <built-in function iter>, 'reload': <built-in function reload>, 'Warning': <class exceptions.Warning at 0xb7ebfe3c>, 'round': <built-in function round>, 'dir': <built-in function dir>, 'cmp': <built-in function cmp>, 'set': <type 'set'>, 'reduce': <built-in function reduce>, 'intern': <built-in function intern>, 'issubclass': <built-in function issubclass>, 'Ellipsis': Ellipsis, 'EOFError': <class exceptions.EOFError at 0xb7ebf53c>, 'locals': <built-in function locals>, 'slice': <type 'slice'>, 'FloatingPointError': <class exceptions.FloatingPointError at 0xb7ebfaac>, 'sum': <built-in function sum>, 'OverflowWarning': <class exceptions.OverflowWarning at 0xb7ebff8c>, 'getattr': <built-in function getattr>, 'abs': <built-in function abs>, 'exit': 'Use Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit.', 'True': True, 'FutureWarning': <class exceptions.FutureWarning at 0xb7ed402c>, 'None': None, 'hash': <built-in function hash>, 'len': <built-in function len>, 'credits':     Thanks to CWI, CNRI, BeOpen.com, Zope Corporation and a cast of thousands
    for supporting Python development.  See www.python.org for more information., 'frozenset': <type 'frozenset'>, '__name__': '__builtin__', 'ord': <built-in function ord>, 'super': <type 'super'>, 'TypeError': <class exceptions.TypeError at 0xb7ebf2fc>, 'license': Type license() to see the full license text, 'KeyboardInterrupt': <class exceptions.KeyboardInterrupt at 0xb7ebf38c>, 'UserWarning': <class exceptions.UserWarning at 0xb7ebfe6c>, 'filter': <built-in function filter>, 'range': <built-in function range>, 'staticmethod': <type 'staticmethod'>, 'SystemError': <class exceptions.SystemError at 0xb7ebfddc>, 'pow': <built-in function pow>, 'RuntimeError': <class exceptions.RuntimeError at 0xb7ebf56c>, 'float': <type 'float'>, 'StopIteration': <class exceptions.StopIteration at 0xb7ebf29c>, 'globals': <built-in function globals>, 'divmod': <built-in function divmod>, 'enumerate': <type 'enumerate'>, 'apply': <built-in function apply>, 'LookupError': <class exceptions.LookupError at 0xb7ebf8cc>, 'open': <type 'file'>, 'quit': 'Use Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit.', 'basestring': <type 'basestring'>, 'UnicodeError': <class exceptions.UnicodeError at 0xb7ebfb6c>, 'zip': <built-in function zip>, 'hex': <built-in function hex>, 'long': <type 'long'>, 'ReferenceError': <class exceptions.ReferenceError at 0xb7ebfdac>, 'ImportError': <class exceptions.ImportError at 0xb7ebf3ec>, 'chr': <built-in function chr>, 'xrange': <type 'xrange'>, 'type': <type 'type'>, '__doc__': "Built-in functions, exceptions, and other objects.\n\nNoteworthy: None is the `nil' object; Ellipsis represents `...' in slices.", 'Exception': <class exceptions.Exception at 0xb7ebf26c>, 'tuple': <type 'tuple'>, 'UnicodeTranslateError': <class exceptions.UnicodeTranslateError at 0xb7ebfd4c>, 'reversed': <type 'reversed'>, 'UnicodeEncodeError': <class exceptions.UnicodeEncodeError at 0xb7ebfbfc>, 'IOError': <class exceptions.IOError at 0xb7ebf47c>, 'hasattr': <built-in function hasattr>, 'delattr': <built-in function delattr>, 'setattr': <built-in function setattr>, 'raw_input': <built-in function raw_input>, 'SyntaxWarning': <class exceptions.SyntaxWarning at 0xb7ebff5c>, 'compile': <built-in function compile>, 'ArithmeticError': <class exceptions.ArithmeticError at 0xb7ebf98c>, 'str': <type 'str'>, 'property': <type 'property'>, 'MemoryError': <class exceptions.MemoryError at 0xb7ebfe0c>, 'int': <type 'int'>, '__import__': <built-in function __import__>, 'KeyError': <class exceptions.KeyError at 0xb7ebf95c>, 'coerce': <built-in function coerce>, 'PendingDeprecationWarning': <class exceptions.PendingDeprecationWarning at 0xb7ebff2c>, 'file': <type 'file'>, 'EnvironmentError': <class exceptions.EnvironmentError at 0xb7ebf41c>, 'unichr': <built-in function unichr>, 'id': <built-in function id>, 'OSError': <class exceptions.OSError at 0xb7ebf4dc>, 'DeprecationWarning': <class exceptions.DeprecationWarning at 0xb7ebfecc>, 'min': <built-in function min>, 'execfile': <built-in function execfile>, 'complex': <type 'complex'>, 'bool': <type 'bool'>, 'ValueError': <class exceptions.ValueError at 0xb7ebfb0c>, 'NotImplemented': NotImplemented, 'map': <built-in function map>, 'buffer': <type 'buffer'>, 'max': <built-in function max>, 'object': <type 'object'>, 'TabError': <class exceptions.TabError at 0xb7ebf83c>, 'callable': <built-in function callable>, 'ZeroDivisionError': <class exceptions.ZeroDivisionError at 0xb7ebfa1c>, 'eval': <built-in function eval>, '__debug__': True, 'IndentationError': <class exceptions.IndentationError at 0xb7ebf80c>, 'AssertionError': <class exceptions.AssertionError at 0xb7ebf89c>, 'classmethod': <type 'classmethod'>, 'UnboundLocalError': <class exceptions.UnboundLocalError at 0xb7ebf6bc>, 'NotImplementedError': <class exceptions.NotImplementedError at 0xb7ebf5cc>, 'AttributeError': <class exceptions.AttributeError at 0xb7ebf74c>, 'OverflowError': <class exceptions.OverflowError at 0xb7ebf9bc>}
__name__: None
__file__: None
yum: None
__doc__: None

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Also get the error below when attempting to access the users and groups menu:

The user database cannot be read.  This problem is most likely caused by a mismatch between /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow or /etc/group and /etc/gshadow.  The program will exit now.

Please point me in the right direction