Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Dec 1998 08:46:06 -0700 | From | Nomad the Wanderer <> | Subject | SUMMARY: Re: [Possibly offtopic] Only root can login |
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It turned out to be a but in net-tools. On a whim I upgraded from 1.33 to 1.47 and it started working magically.
Thus spake Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl):
> On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, David wrote: > > Reply to mail from ztion@swipnet.se > > ----------------- > > > I just noticed that only root can login to my box. Other users just get a > > > "Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied". > > > I have 2.0.36 , just upgraded from 2.0.35. I use slack 3.6. > > > > > > I knew i had read about this problem a while ago so i looked in the archives. > > > Well , it turned out my permissions on /lib/ld* and /etc/ld* was all correct. > > > What else could be causing this ? > > > > chmod 755 / > > > > ...and other "uh...oops <crooked smile>" directories/files. :) > > For extra data points, I believe a 0711 permission on / > works too. At least it used to... > > It tends to confuse a number of programs though :) > > cheers, > > Rik -- the flu hits, the flu hits, the flu hits -- MORE > +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Linux memory management tour guide. H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl | > | Scouting Vries cubscout leader. http://www.phys.uu.nl/~riel/ | > +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Harris | Windows -- Senior System Administrator II | Proof Micro$oft has at Great West Life. \_ a room full of monkeys.
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