yeidel@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu (Joshua Yeidel) (03/05/91)
It has happened twice now that users have been unable to login to my DS5000 running Ultrix 4.1. When I log in as root and try to "su" to a user, I get the message "No shell." Checking around, I find that the root directory has permissions "rw-rw-rw-"! I change to "rwxr-xr-x" and everything returns to normal. Any idea how root is becoming mis-permissioned? -- Joshua Yeidel
pwendt@neon.in-berlin.de (Patrick Wendt) (03/16/91)
yeidel@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu (Joshua Yeidel) writes: >It has happened twice now that users have been unable to login to my DS5000 >running Ultrix 4.1. When I log in as root and try to "su" to a user, I get the >message "No shell." Checking around, I find that the root directory has >permissions "rw-rw-rw-"! I change to "rwxr-xr-x" and everything returns to >normal. Maybe you'd executed something like 'chmod 666 .*', which causes the . and .. entries to change, too. Another possibility, this 'stupid' thing is done by any program and/or shell-script. Check it out ... Greetings .. Pat ! -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Domain: root@chamber.UUCP; root%chamber@neon.in-berlin.de ; Patrick Wendt - - Berlin (West), Germany ; QNX-OS / MINIX V1.5 / Interactive UNIX / MS-Dose - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------