Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jarthur!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!tmpmbx!utopia!neon!pwendt From: pwendt@neon.in-berlin.de (Patrick Wendt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: Root Directory Mis-Permissioned Message-ID: Date: 15 Mar 91 17:03:44 GMT References: <1991Mar04.202706.28049@eecs.wsu.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Neon Research Caboose, Berlin Lines: 20 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 - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------