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From: yeidel@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu (Joshua Yeidel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Root Directory Mis-Permissioned
Message-ID: <1991Mar04.202706.28049@eecs.wsu.edu>
Date: 4 Mar 91 20:27:06 GMT
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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