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SubjectSUMMARY: Re: [Possibly offtopic] Only root can login
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
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